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DD1509 · 02-12-2010, 03:02 PM

I self-published a technical eBook in 2003 and I sold it myself one-at-a-time on the web to a very small niche market. To date it has sold about 4k copies with about $88k in revenue. Of course in this model I kept almost all of that revenue with a small amount of marketing/selling costs. No returns, no inventory, no printing, no agent, no publisher and did it without an editor. I did a lot of personal selling using various methods over the years but it is an indicator that self-publishing definately has its place in the growth of the eBook.

I easily netted $20 per sale. Of course, the fiction market is a different animal but eBooks and self-pub will change the entire industry as we know it today.

02-12-2010, 03:02 PM	#26
DD1509 Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 181 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle DX	I self-published a technical eBook in 2003 and I sold it myself one-at-a-time on the web to a very small niche market. To date it has sold about 4k copies with about $88k in revenue. Of course in this model I kept almost all of that revenue with a small amount of marketing/selling costs. No returns, no inventory, no printing, no agent, no publisher and did it without an editor. I did a lot of personal selling using various methods over the years but it is an indicator that self-publishing definately has its place in the growth of the eBook. I easily netted $20 per sale. Of course, the fiction market is a different animal but eBooks and self-pub will change the entire industry as we know it today. Last edited by DD1509; 02-12-2010 at 03:04 PM.