* Michael Prescott — more than 800,000 self -
published ebooks sold (Dec 2011) 84.
* Gemma Halliday — over 1 million self -
published ebooks sold (March 2012) 42.
Michael Prescott — more than 800,000 self -
published ebooks sold (Dec 2011) Chris Culver — over 550,000 (Dec 2011) Heather Killough - Walden — over 500,000 books sold (Dec 2011) Selena Kitt — «With half a million ebooks sold in 2011 alone» J.A. Konrath — more than 500,000 ebooks sold (November 2011) Stephen Leather — close to 500,000 books sold (Nov 2011)
Not exact matches
Amazon opened the floodgates in 2007, the same year it released its first e-reader, when it launched Kindle Direct
Publishing, allowing anyone to upload,
publish, and
sell his own
ebook for free.
The small goal I mentioned in this post was just
publishing an
ebook and
selling 10 copies at $ 10 a month.
Finally, remember also that if your
eBook takes off and
sells thousands of copies, this will make your next book much more desirable for the traditional
publishing houses.
eBook publishing will never fully replace paper book
publishing, but over the next decade or so, we will see
eBooks gain a much larger percentage of the total books bought and
sold around the world.
Some of these might be helpful if you want your
eBook to
sell better, but if you are trying to learn the
publishing industry,
eBook publishing is one way to get started.
Read Book marketing and
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On the site, writers of fiction and nonfiction are welcome to write,
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In October, the online news site The Kernel
published an incendiary story called «An Epidemic of Filth,» claiming that online bookstores like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, WHSmith, and others were
selling self -
published ebooks that featured «rape fantasies, incest porn and graphic descriptions of bestiality and child abuse.»
She made international headlines by
selling over a million copies of her self -
published books, primarily in
eBook format.
Locke's latest book, «How I
Sold 1 Million
eBooks in 5 Months,» is a how - to marketing guide for self -
published authors.
And if you
sell a bunch of
ebooks — something you can do more easily if you self
publish and control pricing — it's very easy to get a
publishing deal quickly.
In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self -
published author to
sell a million
ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.
YouPublish.com: Bestselling author Mark Victor Hansen developed YouPublish.com, which allows authors to
publish and
sell their
eBooks without startup fees.
Last week, for the first time ever, a major author — or, in many minds (as though it's a matter of opinion), THE world - premiere author of the # 1 best -
selling series in
publishing history, J.K. Rowling — has decided (with her publisher) to release the
ebooks directly.
Denver - based Outskirts Press is stepping up to accommodate authors wishing to
publish and
sell books via a number of print and
ebook distributors.
If your book
sells, then a
publishing deal is a natural progression for pure play
eBook authors.
Lulu.com: Lulu is a self
publishing site where you can
sell your
eBooks.
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Seeing what
ebooks has done (so far) to the traditional
publishing world, it seems ignoring this newest digital rendition, and it's possible effects on both digital and traditional
selling models, is, well, obviously not something I'm willing to do.
For what it's worth, I know several professional writers, one of whom is with a HUGE press and receives enviable publicity and support; a couple of whom are with small presses of varying quality; and many of whom are self -
published, hustling hard to
sell a couple of books a month (or giving their
ebooks away for free).
In 2001 he created (along with Joe Vitale) the first training I ever purchased on how to write,
publish, and market an
eBook, and he recently updated this course to include detailed information on how to
sell on Kindle and Amazon.
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«This is an industry wide issue impacting retailers that
sell self -
published ebooks due to the explosion of self -
publishing, which in the main is good as it gives new authors the opportunity to get their content
published.»
And your conclusion that 20 % of the top
selling Amazon
ebooks that have no ISBN are creating the perception that self -
published books without ISBNs do not
sell well, let alone can not be found, is a little of ironic.
First, there was JA Konrath's post with Hugh Howey on how to determine how many
ebooks are
sold, and how that information can affect authors in their
publishing decision making.
But unfortunately for the publishers, it also increases the likelihood that someone buys a self -
published ebook instead which now make up almost 40 % of the
ebooks sold on Amazon: http://authorearnings.com/report/may-2015-author-earnings-report/
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But does the typical self -
published author with two
ebooks on Amazon stand to benefit from
selling his books through his own website, also known as the online equivalent of setting up a sales booth from the back of their car?
It gives you far higher per - book earnings than traditionally
published authors are receiving (even those whose
ebooks are
selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally
published ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital books should cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.
I dedicated myself to learning how to
publish and
sell ebooks.
Raleigh, North Carolina --(November 3, 2011)- Lulu.com, the leader in self -
publishing, announced today a new free pricing feature for
eBooks that enables authors to
sell their digital content to their readers with a price tag of $ 0.00.
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Today, her self -
published Gansett Island Series, roundly rejected by traditional publishers, has
sold more than 2.5 million
ebooks and is still going strong at book 16.
Resources like Lulu, the leader in self -
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eBooks bring to
sell more books and reach more readers — absolutely free.
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Face it: with more than 4,000 new
ebooks published daily, the chance that your novel will
sell big is slim.
Barbara Freethy reports that one million indie -
published ebooks have been
sold from Barnes & Nobles
The top
selling self -
published authors earn most of their money from
ebooks sold on Amazon.
When you self -
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publishing industry's largest global print and
ebook distribution networks which makes opportunities to
sell your books that much greater.
Yes, traditional publishers are all competing for the important in - store shelf space, but there are enough self
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selling gangbusters in
ebooks, who would do well on shelves.
At the beginning of the
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