Posted on 09/24/2016 10:56:04 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
AuthorEarnings.com has published a report on this very subject, so I jumped into the data. Their May 2016 report reports 1340 authors earn over $100,000 per year on Amazon.com. The striking fact here: “Half of them are indies and Amazon-imprint authors.”
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Interestingly, Big Five-published authors make up a significant portion of the 100k-earners if they’ve debuted within the last 100 years. But if you narrow the timeline to those who’ve debuted within the last decade, indie authors make up an overwhelming amount of the big earners – see the figures here. The amount of high-earning, traditionally-published debuts dwindles as we get closer and closer to the present day...
(Excerpt) Read more at writermag.com ...
This is a good thing. We need more independent and self-publishers.
Pendant Publishing went out of business.
The ba$t%×*s!
My wife is just about to publish her first book via Amazon (CreateSpace). I hope she makes enough money to pay for the printer paper used for proofing and to re-glue the hair I shed (or ripped out) while editing and proofing.
Let’s see - for light reading - spend a couple of bucks for an e-book, $10 bucks for a paperback, or $25 bucks for a hard back? (Well, actually, I’d probably download something for free - there was an offer on FR yesterday for someone giving away a 3 book series this weekend to generate traffic, and presumably reviews). Haven’t cracked them open yet, but I expect them to be at least worth more than I paid. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3472543/posts
Check my tagline. I’m half of a team that has self-published.
We know several people who have self published on Amazon and a couple actually have made a worthwhile amount of money. I have some videos up on YouTube about reloading and taking apart and cleaning various firearms. I have gotten 474,000 views and received several hundred dollars. None of them were serious projects that I did any serious planning or editing on. I have often wondered if I applied myself... if it couldn’t make significantly more.
I had to laugh here. Proper English demands that the correct word here is "number," not "amount."
Specially in a magazine named Writermag.com
I only “buy” the free books and the 99 cent books that BookBub sends me.
Some years ago Ebooks outsold paper versions on Amazon, the largest retailer of books. I have a Kindle and the free Kindle app on my PCs.
Amazon has certainly changed the game....
One of the few things left for us while robots take over everything else.
Selling an electronic pdf for profit is no different than asking money for one’s emails.
By the way, I charge $8.79 to read this electronic post. Got PayPal?
Years ago high quality how-to books were available in paper.
The internet ruined the how-to industry. Now little Johnny sits in his parent’s den creating confusing, junk youtube videos. lol but sad.
Drivel.
The “Big Five”? Never heard of them. Do they have names? Are they like the “Fantastic Four”? Is their leader “Mr. Big”?
Thank you for promoting proper grammar in the age of text.
I am as well.
Yes. I am published on Kindle.
I am not sure what your point is? Most commercial eBooks intended for Kindles or other eBook readers are not in pdf format, they are generally in epub, mobi, or azw format with some sort of DRM (digital rights management) protection. They are typically more compact than a pdf file and have more viewing options. This is helpful when you start getting older and a larger font is easier for you to read. And people, lots of people pay lots of money to read them. We have friends who have gotten a pretty good amount of royalties from their eBook sales. They generally make more money from their eBook sales than the paperbacks.
Personally, as a prolific junk collector, I have found that I am better off in most situations purchasing electronic books. They are cheaper, do not take up space and if you buy them from Amazon, you can download a book you have purchased to just about any device when you are out and about. A lot of times if you buy a hard copy on Amazon they will sell you the eBook for just a dollar or two extra. If you lend an eBook to someone, they automatically come back to you after a prescribed amount of time. If you check an eBook out from the library you do not have to worry about a fine or going back to the library. They have a lot of advantages for me.
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