
- [Amazon releases over 1.4 million self-published books through its Kindle Direct Publishing every year.](https://wordsrated.com/amazon-publishing-statistics/)
- [33% of self-published authors make less than $500 per year.](https://wordsrated.com/self-published-book-sales-statistics/)
- [90% of self-published books sell less than 100 copies.](https://wordsrated.com/self-published-book-sales-statistics/)
- [20% of self-published authors report making no income from their books.](https://wordsrated.com/self-published-book-sales-statistics/)

If you can reach a thousand readers on SN, you are probably doing better than the average self published author on amazon. 

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> There is no doubt that my territory cannot compete with Amazon

How many people read the average book published on Amazon?

I’d guess less than 1,000.

If you get to the top of the page on SN, it’s quite possible that over 1,000 people will read your content today.