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Originally Posted by hildea
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I'd assume most of those 304,912 or a million books you mentioned earned some money for the author.
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I wouldn't bet on that. One of my friends self published a book a few years ago. I doubt he sold enough copies to cover the expense of hiring an editor and cover art, much less the hours he spent writing the book.
Certainly it's likely that most books published by the big publishing firms that give advances and cover the expenses of publishing a book earn the author some money, though likely not that much. It goes back to most books published by the big publishers only sell 10,000 or less copies. I would guess that most self published books sell a whole lot less than that. Successful authors are fairly rare.