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Originally Posted by murraypaul
From Konrath's blog:
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276,112
Two hundred and seventy-six thousand, one hundred and eleven.
That's how many self-pubbed books I've sold.
About 245k of these on Kindle.
20k on Smashwords,
5k on Createspace,
The rest divvied up among Nook, OverDrive, and my website.
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Would you bother with anything but Kindle? |
Point of fact, Konrath is smart enough to diversify into Epub beyond just Kindle's proprietary format. Even at a 70-80% cut of a 99-cent ebook, if he didn't branch out beyond Amazon, he'd be missing out on approximately $18711 (that's the math done at 70% of a 99 cent ebook).
I don't know about you, but I don't see that as pocket change. And I don't see the 27k copies he wouldn't have reached readers with (if he had only gone with Amazon) as small peanuts.
As a writer, I think of how to reach the broadest audience. As an entrepreneur, I have to think about how to minimize the amount of time I spend worrying about the business end of things while still maximizing my gains. As a consumer (one who often gets the short end of the stick given body type, ect), I'm more than sensitive to accessibility.
It's dumb not to maximize your ability to reach an audience. We don't write only to make money. We write because we want to do it and we want to share a story. That's why I think it's dumb to lock oneself only into Amazon when you've got other options that aren't mutually exclusive.
Just my two cents.
