Though this blog is new, I’ve already mentioned Joe Konrath once or twice (Ebook Authors Making Good Money), and I’m sure this won’t be the last time. He’s quite the inspiration to us indie ebook authors!
Last week, he posted some of his recent sales numbers to his blog. Wow.
In the past six weeks, my twenty self-pubbed titles on Amazon Kindle have earned over $26,000. In November, I sold over 9000 ebooks on Kindle. That averages out to 300 a day.
I’ve also noted before how ebooks are like a pyramid scheme. Once they’re live, they keep earning money, and more people review them and tell others about them, growing their fanbase. As an author, I add fuel to this fire by writing even more titles, biggering my potential for discovery and for new readers.
Q: You’re really making $620 a day?
A: That’s just on Kindle. If we include other ebook venues, Createspace, my print deals, and royalties and subsidiary rights, I’m probably one of the better-paid authors working today. Who woulda thunk that you can actually make decent money writing?
Of course, Mr. Konrath has been in the writing business for years and had traditionally published novels before turning to ebooks, so he’s definitely a professional (despite using ‘biggering’ in a blog post *g*). Those of us new to the business aren’t likely to see quite this kind of success, though, if you follow his blog, you’ll see him pointing out other authors (who have been indie from the start) making it big.
The possibilities are out there for those with the talent, perseverance, and marketing sense to go after them.
You seldom hear from authors so willing to talk about personal financial matters. No reason to doubt the man, though. Interesting stuff.
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