Comments on: Meet The A-List Authors Of E-Book Self Publishing

By: badpreneur

badpreneur — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:32:04 +0000

People believe or are mis-sold that self-publishing will guarantee success, just because your work gets published, marketing needs to be the main thing after or pre-publish. Its like spending months designing a website and then expecting everyone to find it on the day you launch.

By: Erik Corr

Erik Corr — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:03:03 +0000

The main issue is marketing with self-publishing. I’m self published with my novel “The Witch and the Sunflower Girl” -A Halloween and Christmas story about Karma vs tyranny and Free will vs fate. I have to shell out $$$ all of my marketing and or do it myself. Its a great story but we are in an information overloaded society and I have to cut through clutter.

By: Wodke Hawkinson

Wodke Hawkinson — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:12:57 +0000

Promotion and marketing remain two areas that challenge self-published authors.

By: wodkehawkinson

wodkehawkinson — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:12:06 +0000

This article is inspirational to self-published authors everywhere.

By: Algis Kemezys

Algis Kemezys — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:09:13 +0000

Speaking of ebooks…my good friend Byron Ayanoglu has an excellent one called Istanbul to Montreal.

By: Selena Blake

Selena Blake — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:51:35 +0000

Laura, you’re right. Going indie is a lot of work. As I mentioned on Konrath’s blog in March, it pays to put in your time to learn the craft of writing. Write a great story. You also have to be willing to pay to have professionals help you. You absolutely must package your book well. Be flexible. It’s okay to change as you go along and grow as a writer and a businessperson. Price is important. Not every author or book will be successful. Distribution is key.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Fri, 13 May 2011 23:52:54 +0000

Just as there’s one in 10,000 that make it through regular publishing (possibly an even lower number). I happen to know quite a few authors who are self-publishing and making thousands of dollars a month (off the top of my head I know of at least 50). But those are authors who are serious about their books – not people who slap a story together and stick it out there with very little effort expecting it to make millions.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:00:09 +0000

hey guys, thanks for commenting. As @e0e22a80e04a511353028119c5403634:disqus points out, most self-publishing services (including Amazon’s) are free. It’s definitely a lot of work though! A few of the authors we spoke with said they’ve outsourced some of it, like cover design and dealing with the grunt work, but didn’t pay more than $1000 for those services.@c1d45717b9b692abd66c6e2c663cfba3:disqus – Amazon pays a 30% royalty on titles priced under $2.99, and 70% royalty on titles between $2.99 and $9.99–definitely beats publishers’ standard ebook royalties of 25%, but again, it’s a lot of work to do it yourself!

By: Neil Marr

Neil Marr — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:44:28 +0000

Do not confuse Amazon ‘paying’ a 30% ‘royalty’ witht the reality that Amazon is, in fact, ‘taking’ a 70% ‘sales commission’. Neil

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:09:01 +0000

And for every one that makes it there are probably 10,000 who make nothing at all. It’s impossible for the majority to make this amount of money. I wonder what the average ebook makes over a year. I’d be surprised it was $10.