Discussion: Self-Publishing Success Stories (50,000 ebooks sold to date)

Dust2

http://selfpublishingsuccessstories.blogspot.com/
Self-Publishing Success Stories
Authors who have sold more than 50,000 self-published ebooks to date (in alphabetical order)

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Any writers on ATRL who are working toward their first novel?

I hope you join that list one day.

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Amazon Kindle Publishing Royalties:

$2.99 and above: 70%
under $2.99: 35%

Barnes & Noble Pubit Royalties:

$2.99 and above: 65%
under $2.99: 40%

Which mean a $2.99 book will result in $2.04 for the author (after Amazon's 30% cut and a small bandwidth charge). 50,000 ebooks sold at $2.99 pricing will generate $102,000 royalties for the author.

Oshiish

Nice, I have some unfinished novels that I will be publishing in the future

Sin With A Grin

I love to write novels. I'm currently finishing up the second book of a new trilogy.
However, I write them for my own enjoyment. And occasionally post excerpts on tumblr. But I don't have any intention of unleashing them to the general public. They are easily the most terrible written novels in existence. Even I cringe when I read them later.

It's so great, though, that these authors are successful. And I think the idea of self-publishing is so cool.

Dust2

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Originally posted by Oshiish

Nice, I have some unfinished novels that I will be publishing in the future

That's great. Just a suggestion: Make sure you get someone to read it before you publish. They can help you proofread your manuscript. And when published, a good cover is key.

Phunk

Twai

I self-published a collection of short stories in high school! No one bought it except friends and family

Dust2

http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012...olders-letter/
Amazon CEO:

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Kindle Direct Publishing has quickly taken on astonishing scale – more than a thousand KDP authors now each sell more than a thousand copies a month, some have already reached hundreds of thousands of sales, and two have already joined the Kindle Million Club. KDP is a big win for authors. Authors who use KDP get to keep their copyrights, keep their derivative rights, get to publish on their schedule – a typical delay in traditional publishing can be a year or more from the time the book is finished – and … saving the best for last … KDP authors can get paid royalties of 70%. The largest traditional publishers pay royalties of only 17.5% on ebooks (they pay 25% of 70% of the selling price which works out to be 17.5% of the selling price). The KDP royalty structure is completely transformative for authors. A typical selling price for a KDP book is a reader-friendly $2.99 – authors get approximately $2 of that! With the legacy royalty of 17.5%, the selling price would have to be $11.43 to yield the same $2 per unit royalty. I assure you that authors sell many, many more copies at $2.99 than they would at $11.43.

KDP is for self-published authors.
1,000 authors selling at least 1,000 ebooks each month. Amazing!!!!!!!!

especially since Amazon pays 70% royalties (book priced at $2.99 will mean the authors get ~$2.04).
For comparison, book publishers pay 17.5% royalties.

It's no wonder that more and more authors are self-publishing their works every day.