Amazon Publishing has two "million copies" selling authors: Oliver Pötzsch & Helen Bryan
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Helen Bryan, author of historical novels War Brides (2012) and The Sisterhood (2013), has become the second Amazon Publishing author to sell one million copies in combined print, audio, and Kindle editions worldwide. In July 2013, Amazon Publishing author Oliver Pötzsch crossed the one million copy threshold with his critically acclaimed Hangman’s Daughter series.
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Since Barnes and Noble, indie bookstores etc..refuse to carry Amazon Publishing books, most of the sales are probably digital.
Interesting considering this super agent advises authors to pick the plague over Amazon.
http://www.mhpbooks.com/andrew-wylie...e-over-amazon/
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Here are rough translations of a dozen lines from the interview:
1) Amazon’s publishing arm is a “publishing program that stands out for its idiocy.”
2) Moreover: “Nothing that Amazon publishes is worth reading.”
3) If what Amazon is doing in Germany is anything like what’s happening in the U.S., Amazon will “operate the most irrelevant publishing company that you can imagine. No even moderately well-known author will get involved with Amazon Publishing, because bookstores will not carry these books. Amazon is not interested in print, only digital. This publishing concept is a dead end.”
6) Asked if he would advise young writers to apply for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, he said, “No, I would advise him to get on a soapbox in Manhattan or Munich and read from his novel. He would achieve a better audience there than with Amazon.”
12) In sum: “My advice is: if you have a choice between the plague and Amazon, pick the plague!”
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Amazon Publishing is rumored to pay authors 50% of net royalties compare to the Big Publisher 25% of net royalties.
50% net royalties on a book sold at $9.99 is
$3.5 (50% of 70% of $9.99)
25% net royalties on a book sold at $9.99 is
$1.75 (25% of 70% of $9.99)
Self-Publisher gets 100% of net or
$7 (100% of 70% of $9.99)
The disadvantage of signing with Amazon: no sales at B&N and indie bookstores.