I got my 2005 first-half sales report for my book today, and fortunately it did include a royalty check. It was about a week's pay at my typical billing rate. That's not particularly great.
Honestly it brings me down a little. I'm just so frustrated with the publisher's lack of marketing effort (or wrong marketing effort). Yes, I've had many e-mail exchanges with people that have read the book and loved it, and that's certainly empowering and validating, but I banked so much of my financial goals for this year on the kind of sales they thought we could achieve.