The phrase
"author sales" refers to the number of books that an author has sold to readers.
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And indie authors continued to rise marginally over
traditional author sales, but it had slowed way down from the heyday in 2009 - 2014.
Indie ebooks (including
single author sales) account for around 40 % of the total US ebook sales until February 2017.
So, we're throwing a good old -
fashioned author sales contest for Download Day and the author who sells the most copies of their eBook on December 26th, 2011 — even if you sell your eBook for free — will win a Barnes and Noble NOOK and $ 100 off coupon good for anything on Lulu.
We covered a few
essential author sales tools — website, blog, social media, and email — but there are tons of other ways publishers can empower their authors to boost book sales, such as:
They do not take into account indie
author sales from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes and Noble Nook Press or Kobo Writing Life.
Also within the top 10 authors on Kindle is self - publishing author Kerry Wilkinson, with 300,000 sales (spanning 2011 - 12), which perhaps gives a measure of the
other author sales contributing to Kindle's success.
After spending some time yesterday trying to find a book for my mother and absolutely refusing to pay $ 10.99 — $ 13.99 for e-books, I appreciated going to the Indie
Author Sales listing and finding books that didn't cost the price of a meal out.
Ruth is doing really well with her
independent author sales through Amazon and Smashwords and has recently written a little ebook on marketing available on Smashwords.
1 min readThroughout the month of March, Lulu will be offering a chance to win fame, fortune and some free marketing for you and your book in our first
ever Author Sales Contest.
Preorders yield sales advantage — When we launched preorders in 2013, we knew anecdotally from our early alpha tests that preorders
gave authors a sales advantage.
Like when legacy publishers forced the Agency Model on them, which
hurt author sales.
Indie ebooks (including
single author sales) account for around 40 % of the total US ebook sales
Make sure to also maintain
your author sales page on Amazon or whatever platform you sell books (although if you're not on Amazon you will be definitely missing out on sales and subscribers aka repeat readers / buyers) and ensure all web links point ideally to your email subscription link — especially on your online book / author page / s.
Centralized reporting of direct - from -
author sales is tougher to come by, but by all anecdotal measures the independent market has taken off, notably in the also - still - large category of adult fiction.
Overall it is clear that indie
author sales have fallen significantly and I think this is partly due to customers finally releasing that most of the books are garbage.
You'll learn how to build an audience, develop a book marketing plan, connect with readers, and optimize
your author sales funnel.
I think personally tours can be super fun, and given good content and a good cover I think they can boost
an authors sale.
On the other hand, indie
author sales have gone up.
Over the course of the past two years major publishers revenue has been in a state of decline, but indie
author sales have been strong.
None of these companies provide grants, ditto with companies that piggyback
an authors sales, such as Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
Add editorial reviews and more information to
your author sales page Author Central.
A business savvy epublisher dedicated to
author sales will maintain publishing contracts with all major eRetailers, including Ingram, giving their catalog (and your ebook) national and international exposure and distribution.
A well crafted 25 word pitch not only gains you publication, it will serve you extremely well as you navigate into the sales phase of being an author
How professional editing can enhance the quality of your book, your sales, and your reputation as an author
In 2017 ebooks generated $ 1.103 billion in overall sales, but does not account for revenue gained through unlimited services or indie
author sales.
Indie
author sales are on the rise in both units and dollars, but the media continues to report only the traditional publisher's tale of woe.
Sometimes it can be fellow authors helping one another out — like the Indie
Author sales we host here at MGC.
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Generally speaking, indie
author sales are usually 70 - 80 % digital, if not higher.
Publishers don't have a lock on the answers, and the contributions they make to
author sales and income are increasingly in question, leading to calls for partnerships that provide greater benefit to authors.
Your Author Sales Representative at HarperCollins Christian Publishing can help you order extra books at substantial discounts any time you want.