- For writers who are thinking about self-publishing, I would recommend these blogs/sites
and this guess post: Michael Sullivan on Self-publishing (highly recommended!)
There is also this post back in 2009 that all writers will find both interesting and informative. A New York Times Bestseller shared her royalties statement. It's a treasure trove of information. Required reading for all writers in my opinion.
The Reality of a Times Bestseller
http://www.genreality.net/the-reality-of-a-times-bestseller
More on The Reality of a Times Bestseller
http://www.genreality.net/more-on-the-reality-of-a-times-bestseller
As I said before, it's hard to make a living as a fiction author whether you are self-published or traditional published (unless you hit the big time). Do a thorough research before deciding which route will be best for you. This blog is about self-publishing success stories, but there are a lot of self-published authors out there who barely sell at all. For example
Successful Indies Only, Please (note, tongue-in-cheek...)
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,82422.0.html
Other useful information about author advance.
Author Advance Survey
Author Advances: Survey Results
What’s the Average Advance?
This NY Times article (back in 2009): "though most publishers I talked to cited $30,000 as a rough average."
http://brendahiatt.com/show-me-the-money/
What do the various romance (and YA) publishers pay? Here’s the best info I’ve gleaned from a dozen years of surveying authors who were generous enough to volunteer their figures.
I'm currently working on a third project. I hope it will up in a few days.
What is it about? It's a list of Amazon Publishing authors under these imprints.
47North
Thomas & Mercer
Montlake Romance
AmazonEncore
AmazonCrossing
Amazon Publishing New York
http://amazonpublishingauthors.blogspot.com/
Authors who are likely to surpass the 50,000 self-published ebooks sold in the near future. An asterisk indicates an author who is/was traditionally published. This is a partial list.
Thomas & Mercer
Montlake Romance
AmazonEncore
AmazonCrossing
Amazon Publishing New York
http://amazonpublishingauthors.blogspot.com/
Authors who are likely to surpass the 50,000 self-published ebooks sold in the near future. An asterisk indicates an author who is/was traditionally published. This is a partial list.
- *Donna Ball / Donna Boyd
- Russell Blake - sold about 13,000 for the month of March 2012
- Jason Andrew Bond - averaging more than 100 a day over the last several months
- Cheryl Bradshaw
- Robert Gregory Browne
- Kay Bratt
- *Lori Brighton
- Christopher Bunn
- Sarah Burleton
- Stephanie Campbell
- *Diane Capri - sold more than 15,000 of her novel in 3 months at $5.99 price
- Elle Casey
- V. J. Chambers
- T.B. Christensen - April 2012 sales: more than 8,000 books sold
- Jaycee Clark - very close to 50,000 sold
- Judith Coopey - 'Redfield Farm' has sold more than 25,000 copies as an e-book
- Julia Crane
- *Jana DeLeon
- Jillian Dodd
- Dee Ernst
- Bronwen Evans - I've almost made your $20k off one novella I've self-published on Amazon in four months
- Doug Farren
- Patrice Fitzgerald - made almost three times a typical Harlequin advance in about four months on my self-pubbed novel
- *Joseph Flynn - over the past 15 months, my titles have sold more than 40,000 copies
- Lizzy Ford - the author sold 6,134 books in the month of April 2012
- Catherine Gayle
- Alexa Grace
- Lars Guignard - "author Lars Guignard makes good money on ebooks"
- Susan Hatler
- T.R. Harris
- John G. Hartness - 25,000+ books sold last year (2011) - $40,000 made last year
- Steena Holmes - April 2012 Sales – 5,319
- Joan Hall Hovey - over 5,000 books sold for the month of April 2012
- *Sharon Ihle
- Aiden James
- Jinx Jamison
- Virginia Jewel
- Beverley Kendall
- Rex Kusler
- Joseph Lallo - sold more than 7,000 books for the month of April 2012
- Randolph Lalonde
- Anthea Lawson
- M. Louisa Locke - made $50,000 since Dec 1 - source
- *Kathleen Long
- *C.S. Mark
- Patricia Mason
- Kallypso Masters - sold 15,000 of my 1st book; 14,000 of my 2nd; and 12,500 of my 3rd
- M.P. McDonald
- Murray McDonald
- Scott McElhaney
- *Patricia McLinn
- M.R. Merrick
- MeiLin Miranda
- D.J. Molles
- *Joseph Nassise
- Amber Lynn Natusch - sold more than 7,000 books for the month of April 2012
- H.T. Night
- Kait Nolan
- Ann Voss Peterson
- John O’Brien
- Lisa Olsen
- Sean Platt and David Wright
- Brian S. Pratt - have sold over 17,000 copies
- *Laura Resnick
- *Lauren Royal - the author sold 6,523 books for the month of April 2012
- Anthony Ryan
- *Barbara Samuel - April 2012 Sales – 13,000
- Deb Sanders
- *Jeff Sherratt
- Michael Siemsen
- James Somers
- Suzan Tisdale
- A.R. Wise
- Lacey Weatherford
- Norah Wilson
Cool! Glad to hear that there are a lot of self published authors that are doing well. This is definitely a good inspiration to all others that are aspiring to publish some awesome books. :D
ReplyDeleteTom Corson-Knowles, the author who founded Bestseller Ranking Pro, spent six long years trying to get a traditional publishing deal (and failed miserably). He finally decided to self publish his first book on Kindle in February, 2012.
ReplyDeleteThat one decision changed his life (and the lives of the more than 30,000 authors he's since taught how to write, publish and market their books professionally).
Just twelve months after self publishing his first book, Tom had his first $12,000+ month from Kindle ebook royalties alone.
In Bestseller Ranking Pro, Tom will share with you his step-by-step system for becoming a bestselling author.
These strategies have also helped Tom and his private publishing clients create more than sixty-seven #1 Amazon bestselling books and counting.
If you're going to write, publish or promote a book this year, you need to see this:
https://bestsellerrankingpro.com?kfjd3746fhhsgd7