John Locke, a thriller author, decided to self-pub his ebook. One month, he sold 1700 books. The next, he sold 75,000 and then 369,000. He sells them for $.99 so makes about $.35 per book.
You do the math.
Posts Tagged ‘ebooks
24
Apr
11
Self-Pub Ebooks are Top Sellers
Based on a one-day survey, taken by a Nobody (like you and me so no insult intended. These days, it’s better to be a nobody than an MSM entity). Here’s his fascinating survey:
- 28 out of 100 top e-books in Kindle Store are self-published; 11 are in top 50,
- all of those publications are priced $3.99 or less; that means 28% of top Kindle e-books cost less than $4,
- 18 of the titles are given the lowest possible price tag: $0.99,
- the shining star is John Locke with 8 titles (7 of them in top 50); Vegas Moon is the best self-published book – ranked #4,
- Amanda Hocking is sliding down; her best selling book, Ascend, is #64 (a result of signing a contract with a publisher?),
- authors to watch: Heather Killough-Walden, Julie Ortolon, J.R. Rain and Debbi Mack – with 2 or more titles in top 100.
California is #2, according to data collected and analyzed by Smashwords. Check out the entire list.
Amazon Sales are huge
Amazon Sold 158 Items Per Second on Cyber Monday.
Yes, that’s right. Wow. E-Sales are king.
A note to readers: Sunday Stats has been renamed Did You Know
18
Jul
10
Sunday Stats: EBook Sales
Lagardère SCA’s Hachette Book Group earlier this week said that it has sold more than one million e-books written by James Patterson, the best-selling author.
