How F*cked CD Baby has become: here's what came with my publisher payment

[egoldberg]

CD Baby has sadly become a case study of cluelessness after Derek Sivers dumped it on Discmakers to wreck.

I'm trying to enter their most recent payment into QuickBooks. Couldn't they at least, like, total up the physical CD sales based on the album? Or just add, uh, strategically placed line breaks? ;-) Or even put the repeated instances of the same items in the same order? Or maybe their accounting e-mail could suggest that I'd sold the same things that the accounting statement on their website suggests? (not sure which to believe)

Most small publishers need to know *what albums* were sold, not *who sold it*, since we total up revenue based on which of *our products* generated it. I am *so* looking forward to cutting most of my ties with CD Baby over the holidays and not wasting time with amazingly inept experience design like this. (aka: an hour later, my accounting still won't reconcile.)

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Hi Eli,

I sent you a direct ACH deposit for $261.43 today. It was CD Baby payment #{removed}. If the bank numbers you gave us are correct, it should appear in your account in the next week.



The direct ACH deposit was to pay you:
$1.03 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through iTunes-Europe
$7.32 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through iTunes-Europe
$0.01 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Spotify
$7.48 for album download of Various Artists: To Touch the Stars - A Musical Celebration of Space Exploration
$7.48 for album download of Bob Kanefsky: Roundworm
$7.48 for album download of Julia Ecklar: Traveller
$7.48 for album download of Kathy Mar: My Favorite Sings
$6.94 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Amazon MP3
$28.12 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Amazon MP3
$3.18 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Apple iTunes
$4.46 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Apple iTunes
$2.55 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Apple iTunes
$19.11 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Apple iTunes
$0.60 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through iTunes-Canada
$1.27 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Amazon MP3
$16.29 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Amazon MP3
$2.56 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through MediaNet
$7.48 for album download of Various Artists: To Touch the Stars - A Musical Celebration of Space Exploration
$7.48 for album download of Julia Ecklar: Divine Intervention
$7.48 for album download of Bob Kanefsky: Roundworm
$7.48 for album download of Kathy Mar: My Favorite Sings
$0.31 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through MediaNet
$23.94 for Julia Ecklar: Traveller
$0.33 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through MediaNet
$0.02 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.11 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.19 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.33 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.49 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.32 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.01 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.02 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.21 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$10.37 for Julia Ecklar: Divine Intervention
$0.16 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through MediaNet
$0.20 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through MediaNet
$0.23 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through MediaNet
$1.80 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through iTunes-Canada
$0.07 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.10 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.66 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.25 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$1.27 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Apple iTunes
$17.20 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Apple iTunes
$22.20 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Amazon MP3
$25.48 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Apple iTunes
$0.05 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.03 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$0.01 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Rhapsody
$1.78 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Amie Street
$0.01 for DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION SALES through Last.fm

Yes it's good to get paid paid paid paid for making music!
I hope I write you a million more checks.
I hope you write a million more songs.
I hope you get a million more fans
who give you a million kisses
all because of CD Baby.

Ciao!

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The Money Person
CD Baby
5925 NE 80 Ave, Portland, OR 97218-2891
sales and distribution
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P.S. If you ever need to change your payment method, just login at http://members.cdbaby.com