Average Ebook Sales Per Title

Note that in january the average book in the top 3800 or so of indie ebooks sales makes the author about 70 a day if they don t have an isbn and around 50 a day if they do.

Average ebook sales per title. In the first week. Nonfiction 2 books avg. A terrific sale is 200 professionals with how to books niche writers asian black hispanic lgbt romance writers fantasy writers mystery writers make the best sales.

Nonfiction 3 books avg. Nonfiction devotional 5 books avg. For example if you notice all your competitors in a market aren t selling more than 100 ebook copies per month on amazon kindle you can be pretty sure your book won t be selling more than 100 ebook copies per month on kindle unless your book is a lot better than the competition is more appealing to the market and you have a better marketing strategy than the competition.

Compare that to 800 million in 2017. Take a breath and read that again. Absolutely essential in ebook sales where reviews can make or break a book.

Recent statistics show that e books brought in 771 million in the us market between january and september 2018. September has been my best sales month to date with may the first full month after the release of ee4 being the second best. Lifetime sales per title 10 900.

There are a lot of other independent authors who ve hit that mark with many selling more than 200 000 already some with fewer total books out but i feel like this is an encouraging start to my writing. That s a good target for a new book. Create a good book.

It s taken me into the realm of 50 000 ebook sales total. Lifetime sales per title 18 900. The average writer in my experience probably makes less than 100 a year in ebook sales.