Poll on Epublishing Earnings

para · Jun 27, 2009

A link to the results of an anonymous poll was posted on one of my loops. It's pretty interesting. There are some very interesting statistical anomalies for want of a better term, that I think it's probably best to ignore.
http://www.mariannelacroix.com/pollresults6-24-2009.html

mlhernandez · Jun 27, 2009

For what it's worth, my EC numbers fall in line with the majority in the 1-5K range. I can't say anything about the other pubs I've recently sold to since I haven't received any royalty checks yet. I'm interested to see if I fall in the averages.

seaaircarol · Jun 27, 2009

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

It's too bad that the "under $500" couldn't have been a bit more specific.

veinglory · Jun 27, 2009

Great information!

Big Boomer · Jun 29, 2009

good info to keep in mind

Carmilla · Jun 30, 2009

Who took this survey and where was it originally posted? Just curious.

brainstorm77 · Jun 30, 2009

Interesting!

mlhernandez · Jun 30, 2009

Carmilla said:
Who took this survey and where was it originally posted? Just curious.

Marianne Lacroix hosted the survey. I would assume a wide number of epublished authors took it. I can't remember if I followed the link from the ESPAN RWA blog or if I received it on one of my publisher loops.

Aileen Harkwood · Jul 4, 2009

What I would be interested in is learning what romance writers in general think of the Kindle as a publishing format. Do they think that the Kindle has a chance of surviving and doing well, or is it just a fad? Are their ebook writers who are making any money on Kindle?

veinglory · Jul 4, 2009

Kindle is a fairly trivial proportion of my ebooks earnings. I see it as just another ebook format. But you might want to start a new thread about this rather than derail this one?

Lainey Bancroft · Jul 4, 2009

Aileen Harkwood said:
What I would be interested in is learning what romance writers in general think of the Kindle as a publishing format. Do they think that the Kindle has a chance of surviving and doing well, or is it just a fad? Are their ebook writers who are making any money on Kindle?

From what I've seen, the only people making money on Kindle is Amazon, or perhaps the odd self-pubbed author who knows how to work the system. Amazon deeply discounts the book, so even if you sell mega-copies, it amounts to pennies when all is said and done from my experience. I don't knock Kindle at all, it has probably driven the odd reader to my books who may not have seen them otherwise. Do I think it will be the digital/ebook break though? No.

Aileen Harkwood · Jul 4, 2009

veinglory said:
Kindle is a fairly trivial proportion of my ebooks earnings. I see it as just another ebook format. But you might want to start a new thread about this rather than derail this one?

Sorry. Okay. Will do.

Poll on Epublishing Earnings

para

mlhernandez

seaaircarol

Frustrated Pluviophile

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Big Boomer

Carmilla

Living one book at a time

brainstorm77

practical experience, FTW

mlhernandez

Aileen Harkwood

Paranormal Suspense Writer

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Lainey Bancroft

Cover Me!

Aileen Harkwood

Paranormal Suspense Writer