Re: Author Earnings

**H* Y* <h*@gardeningwithconfidence.com>**

Thanks for sharing, Doug.

Helen
On Feb 18, 2014, at 6:49 AM, Doug Green <gardeningemail@gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know if any of you read the "writing" press.  But if you're at all
> interested in writing a book or being published, this latest little
> contretemps in the book world is a great starting point for deciding about
> whether to take a legacy publishing deal or do it yourself.
> 
> Start by going to http://authorearnings.com/ sign up to enter (free) and
> then read/analyze that data.  It's a one day scan of the top 7000 Amazon
> ebook sales and it shows how self-publishing authors are doing much, much
> better than anyone knew or expected. There's another scan coming out
> shortly that reaches down to the 50,000 BookRank level.
> 
> I met Hugh Howey last weekend at the Savannah Book Festival and we chatted
> for a few minutes before his talk. When I told him about my publishing
> numbers, he said I was one of a thousand people he had chatted with with
> exactly the same the same story. We were making a decent living away from
> the traditional routes.
> 
> If this subject interests you, google "fisking hugh howey" and you'll pull
> articles from Konrath, Shatzkin, Howey etc
> 
> But if you're not interested in self-publishing and making money writing
> books, let it slide by.
> 
> And for the record - I'm with the self-publishers on this one (as if you
> didn't know) :-)
> 
> Doug
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Doug Green
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