This article is chic-a-bloc full of useful links – please go to the originating blog to access all of them by clicking the View Original at the bottom left of this re-blog 😀
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“It doesn’t help authors to say that 70% of the book market is in print if only a small fraction of that money ends up in authors’ pockets. What we want to see is the combined effect of royalty rate, sales volume, and sale price. These three factors combine to give us a true picture of comparative earnings, as shown in our pie charts” says Hugh Howey, founder of Author Earnings.
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A Fantastic Report About Author Earnings
He explains: “Sports stars, musicians, actors— their salaries are often discussed. This is less true for authors, and it creates unrealistic expectations for those who pursue writing as a career. Now with every writer needing to choose between self-publishing and submitting to traditional publishers, the decision gets even more difficult. Online Book Retailers, such as Barnes&Noble or Amazon don’t share their e-book sales figures.”
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Website for Authors, by…
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CHRIS, This is a fantastic tool for Indie Authors! Highly recommend it.
THANKS for sharing . . . I would never have found this without your keen eye and research.
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Thank You Michael – I just follow a LOT of blogs and Groups in a LOT of places.
With WordPress it’s easy to re-blog interesting articles, but with the other groups I have to be careful not to upset people and have to get their written permissions, etc, then copy only enough to catch the readers interest and provide a link to see the rest of the article.
That’s called TSRA’s World Famous Workaround Method LOL 😀
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