rocknroll41 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Apollo said: Thank you buddy. I will send you a PM on how I did it. Hope to have it sell a thousand copies at it’s one-year of life. Then just a couple hundred a year after that. I believe this is how a lot of authors make a living on Amazon. They build up a following. They release a book and it only sells a thousand copies in a year. Maybe they make $7 per book. That’s just $7,000 for the year - not too much. BUT if you have ten books in your library.....now you are making $70,000 a year. I’ve published four books. One sold about 2,500 copies, but it’s shelf life is done. Regional book, very specific in regards to topic and region. So now it only sells like 25 copies a year. Basically a one-and-done project I had two more than died upon arrival. One sold like 10 copies. Ten total copies. The other maybe hit 100. But is has died, selling 2-3 a month. A lot of time and work for very little return. The fourth one is still selling 2-to-8 copies a day. I would love for that to continue for as long as possible. I have to assume it will gradually taper off. Honestly I thought it was done a month or two ago. But somehow she still sells a few copies every day. I have a huge series up next. Hopefully within two months. I’m thinking it will have four books in it. Like I said. You don’t need one book to sell 10,000 copies. If you can have 7-8 books that just sell 2-3 copies a day....then you can make a nice chunk of change. Lol, with that said. I could release my series and it could bomb and sell 29 total copies. Then that’s four months of work to earn $200....or roughly 5 cents an hour. Very insightful, thank you very much! i am currently working on two books, one which I hope will be the start of a trilogy, and I have ideas for tons of other books. Im still young enough where I might be able to make it all work, but only time will tell. nonetless, thank you very much for all this info! Much apprecaited!! EDIT: I should clarify that when I say I want to "make it all work," I meant as a side gig, not a full time job, of course. Edited December 18, 2018 by rocknroll41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 18 hours ago, Apollo said: Lost both parents in a four month period. Dog escaped the fence one night and never returned. We fear the coyotes got her. On the positive, published a book that has sold about 600 copies on Amazon. And bought a new house that is my wife’s dream property. Five aces, big horse barn, three car garage and two mother in-law apartments. Plus it’s in the country, away from the city! And we got a new baby beagle that is the cutest puppy in the world. So a very up and down year. Sorry to hear about your losses, Groghan, but seems like 2019 is going to be a good year for your and your family 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fitha_whiskey Posted December 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2018 2018 has been a great year for myself & @Whiskey Rose! Around this time last year, we posted in a thread similar to this that we were “an item”, so to speak. Well, in early 2018 we got engaged! It’s been everything we hoped for and more! We are in the midst of navigating the super awesome US immigration visa system (she’s Canadian and I’m American), but we are hoping to take it back to where everything really starts for us- Las Vegas- and jump the broom sometime in early ‘19!!! GnR has changed my life in many ways- starting in 1987 as a 17 year old, and then the 2016 reunion spurring me to join this forum, where I met @Whiskey Rose!!! Thanks to everyone here on the forum, and we wish you a Merry Xmas and happy 2019! And a special thanks to Guns n fuckin Roses!!! The Whiskeys 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Congratulations!!! @Whiskey Rose and @Fitha_whiskey what great news!!🎩🎉💍💕🎩💖💞💘💖 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Rose Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Thank you @janrichmond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlingrl03 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Oh my goodness!!!! This is so awesome. Congrats you two!!!! 😎🙌💑👍💃 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Wow! Congrats @Whiskey Rose and @Fitha_whiskey! I didn't realize it's that long ago you said on here you were together. How time flies! Wishing you all the best together! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish nutter Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 2018 was shit, 2019 probably wont be much better till the summer, iv to go for a heart bypass, cant say im looking forward to it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cineater Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 8 hours ago, scottish nutter said: 2018 was shit, 2019 probably wont be much better till the summer, iv to go for a heart bypass, cant say im looking forward to it lol People who I know, who have had that say they feel so much better afterwards. You know, once they recover. Best to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold layne Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Same shit. Different year. Still broke and still got greedy assholes picking my pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cineater Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 I usually have a theme for the year. Last year was enjoy. I think I'm going to go with float again. Just means I kind of go with the flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 20/12/2018 at 7:24 PM, Fitha_whiskey said: 2018 has been a great year for myself & @Whiskey Rose! Around this time last year, we posted in a thread similar to this that we were “an item”, so to speak. Well, in early 2018 we got engaged! It’s been everything we hoped for and more! We are in the midst of navigating the super awesome US immigration visa system (she’s Canadian and I’m American), but we are hoping to take it back to where everything really starts for us- Las Vegas- and jump the broom sometime in early ‘19!!! GnR has changed my life in many ways- starting in 1987 as a 17 year old, and then the 2016 reunion spurring me to join this forum, where I met @Whiskey Rose!!! Thanks to everyone here on the forum, and we wish you a Merry Xmas and happy 2019! And a special thanks to Guns n fuckin Roses!!! The Whiskeys Happy for both, wonderful love story!!💑❤💕✊👊 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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