You spend thousands of hours over several years writing your. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were. How to sell 1,000 copies of your selfpublished book in two weeks. Also, the top 0 include all the kindle books making any money, both traditional and selfpublished. Tim does a great job of explaining marketing fundamentals to authors. Your book on the bestseller lists next to your author heroes and lets you. Ive however only managed to sell about a quarter of them and even though feedback from the book has been very encouraging, i still have about 1,500 left. Selling 10,000 copies of your first novel with joseph. Another big aha moment i had writing the book was reading tim grahls your first copies. In fact, only three of the books on the list of nine topselling books have any romantic element at all and one of those is about an old man.
Yellow bird editors how to sell 10,000 copies of a book. Every publisher struggles to sell books nowadays, and 10,000 copies is usually an unreachable goal. And you probably spent more than that on your book launch. Selling copies matters if book sales are your only revenue stream which is only true for professional. How i sold 10,000 copies of my selfpublished book the. How to sell 10,000 ebooks using an instapage landing page. Any self published book that sells 10,000 copies will likely have industry buzz book sellers, agents, and editors will have heard something about it. How i sold 100,000 books on amazon david farland story. If you take the above authors and their 51 titles, they averaged 12,455 lifetime copies sold for each book published. As for amazon, one investigation from publishers weekly estimates a book would need to sell almost 1,100 copies every day to land a spot on the sites top five. How to become a bestselling author on amazon in five minutes with. There are roughly 1,000,000 titles published every year in the us alone. How an enterprising author sold a million selfpublished books.
Its just a case of putting a process in place heres the process. Selling 10,000 copies of your first novel with joseph malik. Once they own the book, they only care about selling copies. How can you expect to sell books and reach your audiences with no money. I didnt have to try to sell 10,000 copies in a week to make the new york times to get that extra exposure. It paid off, with a 10,000 copies and counting sold of his first novel. How to publish a book on amazon and sell over 100,000 copies the smart way. This is a big goal for a selfpublished, nonfiction book in a very narrow niche. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were afraid to ask. These are the tools that not only sell your book but get readers interested in reading your book. You are literally selling them not only the upside profits of the book, but more importantly, you are selling them control of your intellectual property. According to brent sampsons sell your book on amazon 2007 to acquire a ranking of 110, a book must sell over 500 copies in a day. Because all of my books were digital, i could sell a few copies per day forever. Interview with paul sohn by jeff goins podcast, publishing the average selfpublished book sells 250 copies in its first year and maybe 1,000 copies.
You can no longer do anything with that book that doesnt involve paying them for copies. When honoree was introduced to jeffrey gitomer, the author of the little red book of selling, she handed him. The vast majority of selfpublished books sell less than ten copies. But it can be done, and you dont need to be an established author to pull it off. This is a system that any author can immediately put in place to start building their platform. Within a year, my book turned into a wall street journal bestseller, sold. How to publish a book and sell your first 1,000 copies by joe bunting 102 comments i work with a lot of writers, and by far the most frustrated, disappointed, and confused writers i work with arent the ones chasing after the publication of their first book, trying to figure out how to publish a book for the first time. In fact, only three of the books on the list of nine topselling books. How to sell 1,000 copies of your selfpublished book.
That might help your otherwise midlist book sell more copies, but it wont get you on the list on its own. Depending on your measure, thats a bestseller book. How much money does an author make on a book that sells. Melissa g wilson, fivetime best selling author, book coach, and. To kickoff our ebook, we spent an hour building a simple instapage postclick landing page for the ebook, titled 100 days of growth. I can hardly believe it myself, but when you look at the steps i took to get there. Whether youre a seasoned author looking to step into the new publishing landscape, or youre a brand new. So you need a catalogue, while practicing your craft and getting better. Those are kind of sobering numbers for anyone who wants to write a book.
Two years ago, i selfpublished my first science fiction novel, where the hell is tesla. How many copies did i need to sell to be able to call up my mother and. This is a big goal for a selfpublished, nonfiction book. A typical book author barely makes more than minimum wage.
Here are the first two keys to selling your selfpublished book, and this is exactly what i did with body types. Incredibly tough lets say you can get 1 out of every 20 people who see your book, to buy the book to sell 0 copies you would have to get 20 0. What kind of book can someone publish that will sell. How much does the average author earn publishing their book. Books that sell only one copy a week by comparison.
All i had to do was find my audience, pay five dollars to put my book. How to write, publish and sell your first 10,000 copies. How many copies does a bestseller book need to sell. How do you publish your book and sell your first 1,000 copies. Interview with natalie brenner by jeff goins marketing, podcast if the question is how to sell 1,000 copies in two weeks as a self. For example, if you notice all your competitors in a market arent selling more than 100 ebook copies per month on amazon kindle, you can be pretty sure your book wont be selling more than 100 ebook copies per month on kindle unless your book. How to really make money as a book author even if you don. Wed sold close to 10,000 copies of the book in that week, and it had nudged us. Whether youre a seasoned author looking to step into the new publishing landscape, or youre a brand new author, your first copies will give you the tools to connect with readers and sell more books. Then to see you over deliver when you pay off the promise makes for an insanely valuable read. The book was resounding success in all ways for her and it sold less than 1,000 copies. How to sell millions of books book marketing coach.
I published a parenting book last march and printed 2000 copies. Books 37 of the exodus series are much better books. Thus i usually say that the average book sells 10,000 copies with a major publisher. Not all books need to sell 100,000 copies nor can they. How hard is it to sell 10,000 copies of a selfpublished book as a. The stepbystep guide to marketing your book, my goal, for obvious reasons, was to sell at least copies. To sell 100,000,000 copies of your book, you dont need to write about sex. If those were the only books i had online, i wouldnt have been able to quit my day job. Ill assume you actually mean sell 100k copies, not give 100k copies away for free as mark. Write, publish and sell your first 10,000 books receive a bonus oneonone outlining session when you pay the for the full course up front. Ive however only managed to sell about a quarter of them and even though feedback from the book.
And today, i stand at 10,000 copies sold in the first year. But they dont sell all that well, two or three hundred copies. On the bright side, if you can sell 100 copies or more of your book. How i sold 10,000 copies of my selfpublished book the book. You receive an advance and 10% royalties on net profit from each book. How to sell copies of your selfpublished book on day one.
How this selfpublished author sold 800,000 copies of her books. One statistic thats floated around for years says a selfpublished book only sells about 100 150 copies in its lifetime. Selfpublishing has turned authors and photographers into business owners. Thanks for sharing all the incredibly helpful insights and advice from your. In this new era of publishing, you are your own startup and your book is your product. How to publish a book and sell your first 1,000 copies. I did not expect to sell so many copies of the book this quickly.
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