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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
So we're clear: I'd like to see $3-600 a month coming in from ebook sales (of a dozen books), which BTW doesn't come close to equaling the time and effort spent in creating those books IMO; and presently I'm seeing less than $10 a month.
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Okay, I personally think that is a reasonable goal. I do however think it takes time and marketing. I do not think you can just toss your books on Amazon and hope people read them. (not saying you do that) I post about my books on FB, Twitter. I have web site and wiki dedicated to them. I submit them to blogs when I can find them, and I get every reader I know in real life to put up reviews. I have them in every store I can submit too. My first book has consistently sat around 3000-4000 on Amazon's best "sellers" list all year, and has been as high as #5. Still compared to the lengths that many on this forum say they do I have not done that much. I have posted my plan more then once, and people (pretty sure you are among them, but not 100% sure) tell me it will not work. Well I have already broken $500 this year. I am not Steven King, but I can afford to higher an editor at least.
All of that said, $/hour is so low it can not be calculated.
I will make more in 5 hours of programing this month, then YTD in ebooks.
Which is why I have to write for the fun of it, because in my mind the money is not there. 1 hour consulting time is greater then 1 month revenue from my books.
So its all perspective I think.
