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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Sometimes people read too much into these numbers. No one actually publishes sales figures, so all these numbers are simply estimates based on various surveys and guess work. Unfortunately, sometime people forget that and start talking about these reports like they were absolute gospel.
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I disagree. The figures are based on a number of snapshots of sales over a period of time. The trend is demonstrably down for authors earning more than $10000.
Why is this? It seems KU is part of it. Also trad-pub has lowered its prices on ebooks. Interestingly, their sales have remained static. But their lowering of price will make indie books look like less good value. In addition, indie publishing have been increasing their prices.
This factors go a long way to explain the observed reduction in sales.