tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post8942078302099702689..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: Linkee-poo is he, as you are he, and you are me, and we are all togetherSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-46246663889183175562015-09-21T20:34:40.631-04:002015-09-21T20:34:40.631-04:00Hey Barry, my reply became too long to post as a c...Hey Barry, my reply became too long to post as a comment, so I'm going to post it as <a href="http://storybones.blogspot.com/2015/09/those-thousands-of-self-published.html" rel="nofollow">it's own article on this blog.</a>Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-28147547818297561522015-09-21T12:57:42.111-04:002015-09-21T12:57:42.111-04:00Hi John, it was a taped interview for radio, so no...Hi John, it was a taped interview for radio, so no opportunity to offer links. And though I explained at some length to the interviewer, Lynn Neary, that I’m not an advocate for self-publishing but rather for choice in publishing, she decided to call me a self-publishing advocate anyway. The press…what can you do.<br /><br />Anyway, usually when I hear something on the radio and am curious about the basis, I jump on the Internet and have a look. I’m not sure why you didn’t do the same—the data you say you want has been around for a while and is pretty easy to find. Here you go:<br /><br />March 2012 — Authors of Kindle Singles Are Raking in Tens of Thousands of Dollars<br />http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/authors-of-kindle-singles-are-raking-in-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars/254368/<br /><br />April 2012 — More than 1000 KDP authors now each sell more than 1000 copies a month, some have already reached hundreds of thousands of sales, and two have already joined the Kindle Million Club<br />http://www.thepassivevoice.com/04/2012/kdp-was-my-one-shot-at-a-lifelong-dream/<br /><br />January 2013 — 23 KDP authors each sold over 250,000 copies of their books in 2012, and over 500 KDP Select books have reached the top 100 Kindle best seller lists around the world<br />http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/amazon-fourth-quarter-sales-up-22-to-21-27-billion/<br /><br />December 2013 — Over 150 KDP Authors Each Sold More than 100,000 Thousand Books in 2013<br />http://www.thepassivevoice.com/12/2013/over-150-kdp-authors-each-sold-more-than-100000-thousand-books-in-2013/<br /><br />April 2015 — Self-published author earning $450,000 a year<br />http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2015/04/17/mark-dawson-made-750000-from-self-published-amazon-books/<br /><br />September 2015 — Non-traditionally-published books now make up nearly 60% of all Kindle ebooks purchased in the US, and take in 40% of all consumer dollars spent on those ebooks<br />http://authorearnings.com/report/september-2015-author-earnings-report/<br /><br />I tried to find support for your contention that I overstated these numbers, but couldn’t. I never want to mislead anyone, of course, so if you could share whatever you’re basing your contention on, I’d be grateful.<br /><br />Best,<br />Barry EislerBarry Eislerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785333622697500192noreply@blogger.com