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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
So there are a lot more indie books on sale. Have total indie sales stay static, risen or fallen?
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Risen.
Total indie sales have grown ridiculously over the last ten years. Even last year saw growth. The pie is still growing but the party has alot of gate crashers.
But, as I pointed out above, the indie game is no longer just about sales, so it's harder than ever to judge the size of the market. You can't go by retail dollars because of the pricing differential between Indie and tradpub and even among Indies when crossing genres. And with KU in the mix you can't go by unit sales either.
That's probably why Author Earnings normalizes their reporting to net author income, aggregated by path to market.