TOTAL INCOME $ from books + TOTAL NUMBER # of books sold since I began self-publishing

Here's exactly how many books I've sold + how much money I've made from those books in my first four years as an indie author since I began self-publishing my books. And at the end, we'll do the math and find out how much money I make on average per book as well (aka my average royalty)! Hope you enjoy this latest video in my "Author Money" series!

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[allensacharov]

In the 1980s I self published three books, The Redhead Book, Offbeat Careers: 50 Ways to avoid being a lawyer, and a childrens book Ozzie the Alligator: A true New Yawker. I stood on a street corner in Manhattan with a table and a sign reading Meet the Author, get a perrsonally signed copy and sold a total of 17, 000 books. This was before the internet.

[katiemarie]

Loved this!! It's always so inspiring to see how another indie author is doing. To think that over 30, 000 people own your books is just crazy!

[Suetvvlogs]

Thank you for your transparency, I love how honest you are regarding writing and being a self-published author, about publishing, I think that the only ones who managed to be successful right out of the gate with their books are those who put extra money and time in marketing, 50 shade of gray is a fine example of this, but we also have to acknowledge that the reason 50 shade of gray became a huge success was that it already had a huge following on social media, from my understanding the book was being promoted left and right by E.L James, she also had a blog where she was writing and talking about the book, and also she was using specific strategies to encourage people to want to buy the book, she even managed to sell copies of her book via her blog before she posted it on social media, but yes finding success immediately with your first book is not impossible, but your book needs to be like superb for that to happen, but it can happen, like it happened with the book millennial wolves, but sadly that book you can only read it on the galatea app which is way too expensive! and there are a lot of scamming rumors going around about that app and its publishing house for my taste.

[WeblightDreams]

I love how you broke down each year and kept it on just your books. I'm an indie author and artist and hope to start a constant self publishing schedule this year.

[mohitsureka]

The info you share is gold for everyone stepping in as an Indie author. Keep posting!

[ericarowanarts]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Another numbers video! Including how many books you had for sale each year along with your earnings really helped illustrate the scalability of an indie author career. It's a marathon, not a sprint. I have to remind myself of that. Congrats on the sales! Those numbers are AWESOME!

[elizabethruth]

If I could break even with my first book I will be happy! This gives me so much hope that i could do so much more! Thanks Bethany!

[davidclark]

I was scammed by Amazon KDP for over $3000 dollars. They knew my book was turned down by Amazon to be on their book list but continued to get more money out of me for promotion and will not give a refund.

[daithiocinnsealach]

I've been doing KDP for 8 years. Since 2014. I made about $50, 000 last year. KDP, Audible, and PublishDrive to reach all the other platforms. I've started making hardbacks now that that has become available on KDP and that is now bringing in some nice sales. Made over $13 on one hardback sale alone this week. I don't see how Ingram Spark is as profitable as KDP. Ingram Spark is one more middle man and you end up with about a 20% cut by the end of it. Amazon is ubiquitous. Everyone uses it. It's no hardship for anyone to buy a book there. That's my opinion.

How much did you make after costs are factored in? What was your net income after taxes and paying for voice talent and book designers is taken into account? I think that would be an informative video.

[laurenpatzer]

Great overview for authors out there and, reality check, you’re one of the hardest working authors out there!

[WhoWhatWhenWhereUSA]

This is encouraging and idea building for us! Thanks again for sharing Bethany!

[BruceWayne]

Thanks for sharing. I've been writing books for a while now, and I'm just finishing the first draft of what I feel will be my debut. Up until now, I just didn't feel that my books were up to where I thought they needed to be to sell. I was curious what to expect from sales (I know it varies widely from author to author), but this gives me an idea of what I might expect. I write for fun, so any money that I make from it is just icing on the cake.

[LostinMemory]

Numbers are always nice to see. I don't know why it just feels good to look at especially when you are growing. 20k free books is amazing with the majority of it in one month.

[sandraanastacio]

Thank you for your video and being willing to put yourself out there to help others out. I am a late starter on my dreams of illustrating and writing children's books. It feels very overwhelming and I am not a natural writer at all. But I still am trying to start this dream. I just finished a draft of my first book and it took so many hours and I feel like each step is so hard. I may be over thinking it. Thanks again.

[asrgelpi_author]

WOW! Thank you so much for sharing. I love Excel spreadsheets so I was really engaged with how you organized your data. Kudos on your work as an indie author.

[Kukriarts]

Honestly, since I live in Latin America, 4000 USD per year of revenue with only my books it’s A LOT and I will be so happy 😂

[agnetara]

Thanks for sharing! Och congrats on the 10k sold, that's amazing!

[zhibeksalimbayeva]

Thank you so much for sharing this information. You are such an inspiration. And your honesty and transparency are so so admirable and helpful ❤️

[mason-tj]

Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on your award, persistence, and success!

[jessicaszpila]

I would love a video about the website sale process. I might have missed it. But like ordering books what that looks like. (Really preorder ) When you do it for a new book. What you do once they are at your house and how you ship back out.