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Originally Posted by VydorScope
I have been a "independent" or "self-published" author for almost three years now. (only counting my fiction years, non-fiction goes back further but is unrelated to these numbers). In Nov 2010 I released my first book... and tonight I loaded all of my Amazon Data in to Excel to look at...
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That is of course based completely on the anecdotal evidence of one author. Do others see the same?
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Excellent! Thanks for sharing that. I'll have to guess at my numbers but they are pretty much 'peanuts'
I've been at the ebook self-publishing (Amazon only) a bit over a year now starting with the release of my poetry book. I've probably sold a couple of dozen copies of it over the last year. I've done a variety of fiction and non-fiction shorts that have been released at 99 cents and < $2. My latest release is my book of science essays/articles of which I've sold 8 copies this past month.
Overall I've made about enough money for a nice dinner out.
I've actually been in a bit of a quandry/lull for the last few weeks. I have more ideas/topics for additional (more speculative) science essays and have actually written three of them but my muse is being schizophrenic again and pushing me towards writing more fiction. Which I am thinking I will actually do.
I continue to write poetry as it happens and am gradually acquiring enough that I should be able to release a new book sometime in the coming year.
It seems novels are the place to be to make more of a go of it, but I'm more of a short-order-writer (poems, essays, short stories, flash-fiction/non-fiction). One must do what they can.
