142 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 12 Feb \ parent \ on: Stacker News For Writers BooksAndArticles
- Amazon releases over 1.4 million self-published books through its Kindle Direct Publishing every year.
- 33% of self-published authors make less than $500 per year.
- 90% of self-published books sell less than 100 copies.
- 20% of self-published authors report making no income from their books.
If you can reach a thousand readers on SN, you are probably doing better than the average self published author on amazon.