July, 2014 Author Earnings Report

Check out the July, 2014 author earnings report:

http://authorearnings.com/report/july-2014-author-earnings-report

It has some good news for self-published authors:

• Indie authors found success with the Amazon bestseller lists, topping the Big 5 numbers in some statistics.
• Indie authors drew in good revenues from bestselling e-books.

Also worth noting:

• The Big 5 e-books made more revenue for Amazon than indie e-books, even though indie e-books drew more author revenue.
• It’s worth reading the note about DRM being a bad idea. See the graph to see which price ranges this affects most (in some cases, the difference is slight; for others, it’s significant).
• Check the graph that sorts data by genre. You can see that indies do well in more genres/subjects than just romance.
• The charts also include small and medium publishers.

Successful Indie Authors

Here is a recent article from Yahoo Finance, highlighting recent indie author successes:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/independent-romance-writers-get-the-last-laugh-%E2%80%94-all-the-way-to-the-bank-213437913.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons