That one email blast took me about 8 minutes to write the email and send it ended up selling 214 copies of that particular book on day 1. Nov 17, 2015 i did not expect to sell so many copies of the book this quickly. I found that there are only nine books that have sold over 100 million copies excluding religious, ideological, philosophical, or political books, and looking over them, i found that they have five criteria in common. The hardcover version was sold via an email newsletter, run by porter stansberry, that bundled the hardcover with three free versions of my past books plus an original report written. Now, there is no such thing as an overnight success. Happy to announce that this week i can confirm that the first book in my middlegrade series just blew past 10,000 copies. How i sold 100,000 books on amazon david farland story. That means ive got to sell about 850 copies a month about 30 copies a day moving forward which is significantly more than the 368 i sold in october. Suffice it to say that a bestseller in trade publishing would probably need to sell closer to 10,000 or even 100,000, in some cases copies a month for.
Lewis to form independent publishing venture the pantheon collective. I had the high hopes of selling a thousand copies, though i secretly wondered if id ever get past a few hundred. Depending on your measure, thats a bestseller book. The courage to double down on the opportunity and find ways to amplify the promotion.
O n 6 august 1996, harpercollins published a book it expected to sell around 5,000 copies in hardback. How to launch a book without a platform goins, writer. The following three months have accounted for the other 1200. The book that has sold 10,000 copies, features powerful insights into how sheppard missett dominated a malefocused industry and pioneered the dance fitness movement.
Book profit calculator how much money will your book. For todays post, we have a guest, doug dandridge, who is here to tell us how he sold 100,000 books on amazon. Rnc raises more than half million dollars from don jr. Wed sold close to 10,000 copies of the book in that week, and it had nudged us on to a list. The sales info tab lets you see how your print books are selling across the u. However, i have since heard from several authors whose books were published by a traditional or independent publisher who are now using the calculator as a guideline to make sure the royalty reports from their publishers are accurate. By comparison, the average traditionally published book sells 3,000 copies, but as i mentioned above, only about 250300 of those sales happen in the first year. If you have more than one book in your bibliography, the sales info tab defaults to an all books view, which displays the total number of copies of your entire bibliography sold. Be aware that the word average means that for every book that sells 15,000, there is one that sells 5,000. Most authors are ecstatic if they hit 1,000 copies in the first three months. As of this week, i have officially sold 100,000 ebooks. To kickoff our ebook, we spent an hour building a simple instapage postclick landing page for the ebook, titled 100 days of growth.
Yet the book was also 14th on the nyt bestseller list. The author is paid royalties of 10% on the first 10,000 copies sold, and 15% on any additional copies. It may not sound like a lot seeing as many books sell hundreds of thousands, but having sold many of those copies out of boxes of books in my basement or the trunk of my car as ive traveled from school to school doing writing workshops, i have a good. How to publish a book on amazon and sell over 100,000 copies the smart way. And if i can figure out how to sell 10,000 copies of my book, then anyone can. In the second month so far, almost another 10,000 books. Plus youll get examples of the whattosay messaging to use in all parts of the call to get the yes answers you want. The stepbystep guide to marketing your book is one of the best marketing books i have read and ive read many.
Jun 24, 2019 thus i usually say that the average book sells 10,000 copies with a major publisher. Principles and applications, student value edition plus new myfinancelab with pearson etext access card package 12th edition edit edition problem 8sp from chapter 5. Complete english grammar rules is a comprehensive english grammar guide covering both basic and advanced grammar rules. If you take the above authors and their 51 titles, they averaged 12,455 lifetime copies sold for each book published. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. Use the book profit calculator below to calculate the potential income a book will add for you. Jul 31, 2018 a different book but the message is the same. If you sold more than 5,000, you are doing pretty well. Remember, youre only one book away from changing the rest of your life. To answer that question, id first like to introduce you to tim grahl. Featured on dozens of media outlets including inc and forbes. How i sold 978 fiction ebooks per day in 2014 the complete. Strong application to bookbub it accepts only about 10 percent of applicants, plus some good luck to get selected. Best selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or cowritten by an.
Aug 02, 2012 suffice it to say that a bestseller in trade publishing would probably need to sell closer to 10,000 or even 100,000, in some cases copies a month for the first few months, rather than 1,000. Figures are provided by npd bookscan and include approximately 85% of all trade retail print book sales in the u. I did not expect to sell so many copies of the book this quickly. Discover the exact method i used to sell 5000 books in four weeks as a first time author and how. In the end, we decided to write, promote, and launch our book in just 30 days. Books that are able to sell 10,000 copies have a staying power that books with lower sales dont. First off, i want to thank david for giving me this platform to play on for the day. This is an exceptional milestone that many books dont reach in their first. And youll see how to place those calls without fear of the rejection that so many callers get paralyzed by. New writers introducing their debut title would need closer to 10,000 sales. Three and a half years ago, i joined forces with authors stephanie casher and james w.
It should be easy for you to get another book contract. Nov 07, 20 the following three months have accounted for the other 1200. For example, regarding giving away copies of your books, i have given away over,000 copies of my books over the years and continue to give them away. In addition, i recently spoke with someone who has worked in and around the publishing industry for well over 20 years and he told me the same thing ive heard before. Well basically a combo of 2 and 3, plus ebook and audiobook sales. How to sell copies of your selfpublished book on day one. Writing a book is like building an automated salesperson that goes to work for your brand and business 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Tweets that mention how i sold 10,000 copies of my selfpublished book the book designer says. Within the first week of publication, uncle toms cabin sold 10,000 copies. Oct 05, 20 50 ideas to help to sell 10,000 copies of your book reblog from author james w. He continues his work entirely through guerilla marketing. Thus i usually say that the average book sells 10,000 copies with a major publisher.
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. I havent had a chance to look at the most recent report but have read parts of past reports. Mar 23, 2016 quite a few ebooks sell more than 5,000 copies. How to sell 10,000 ebooks using an instapage landing page. How i sold 10,000 copies of my selfpublished book the book. Sep 19, 2012 as of this week, i have officially sold 100,000 ebooks. It may not sound like a lot seeing as many books sell hundreds of thousands, but having sold many of those copies out of boxes of books in my basement or the trunk of my car as ive traveled from school to school doing writing workshops, i have a good visual image of how. Meet the man who sold over 100,000 books, all with. Two years ago, i selfpublished my first science fiction novel, where the hell is tesla. But if all their books only sold 10,000 copies, they might struggle financially.
Milo yiannopouloss new book may be dangerous, but his sales are less than thrilling a mere 10,677 copies were sold across the u. Plus its more convincing to hear recommendations from readers than the author. How many copies does a bestseller book need to sell. And today, i stand at 10,000 copies sold in the first year. When authors ask me how many copies of their book they should sell, i ask them a different. My goal is to sell 10,000 copies in the first year its out so i need to sell an additional 6780 copies before june 27, 2014. Hes a book marketing expert whos helped new york times bestselling authors for years, and has published a couple of books of his own to guide authors like. If the publisher sells 10,000 copies of the book, the total sales are. This is a list of bestselling fiction authors to date, in any language. Tim grahl writes in a refreshingly humble, downtoearth manner, and provides much actionable advice on the most ethical, longterm ways to approach social media marketing.
It similarly ranks 1,244 on barnes and noble where signed copies are being sold for less than the suggested retail for unsigned copies. The great thing about this was that i collected enough money to pay for the initial print run of 2,500 books. The book that has sold 10,000 copies, features powerful insights into how sheppard missett dominated a malefocused industry and pioneered the. Lewis posted on october 5, 20 by authordiscovery leave a comment note. Our guest for today proves you can successfully launch and sell a book, without a major platform.
To see copies sold for an individual book, click the orange triangle next to the all books heading and select an individual book. If you are willing to take the time, there is a lot. If you love our free amazon book sales calculator, youll love our free resources to help you sell more books and increase your amazon best seller rankings. In the first month i sold 44,294 copies between my paperback, audio, ebook, and even hardcover versions. For a traditional publisher to think of a nonfiction book as a success, it has to sell more like 10,000 copies over its lifetime. My blank book is a bestseller ten times overand its still selling.
Sep 04, 2015 we werent sure our book would get any traction, so we didnt expend too much time or money into the project. A question many firsttime authors ask is how to launch a book without a platform. Uncle toms cabin was the first american novel to sell more than a million copies, and no book of any kind, except for the bible, had ever sold so well. This is how much a book needs to sell to be considered a bestseller.
Since i had been in publishing, and had a graphic design studio at the time, i knew how to hire an editor, and how to create a book that looked as professional as any other book on the market. We then transition into talking about how her book has sold over 10,000 copies. When the 6,000th book is sold, how much will the author earn on that sale. But what made me so happy personally was that, all the ideas in the book were theirs. Learn proper english grammar with simple, indepth explanations, featuring key exceptions, common grammar mistakes, and thousands of realworld usage examples, plus valuable grammar exercises every topic includes a grammar quiz. The average selfpublished book sells 250 copies in its first year and maybe 1,000 copies in its lifetime. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were afraid.
Qualifications aside, if you are a new writer at a big publisher and youve sold more than 10,000 copies of a novel you are in very good shape as long as you didnt have a large advance. Nov 19, 2019 the rnc has also had to buy more copies of the book to keep up with public demand, too, an rnc official said. In the publishing industry, the benchmark for being able to call a book a bestseller is ten thousand copies sold. There is an extensive report from author earnings that takes a long, hard look at book sales data. When i first made the decision to selfpublish back in late august 2010, i never dreamed i would ever sell that many books. Milo yiannopouloss book dangerous has sold half as many. Bestselling author and creativity expert jeff goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is, in fact, a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
When we originally created this amazon book sales calculator, we did so with the selfpublished author in mind. When the 12,000th book is sold, how much will the author earn on that sale. Rowling, whose harry potter and the cursed child sold 4. The rnc has also had to buy more copies of the book to keep up with public demand, too, an rnc official said. Heres a brief breakdown of what happened in first six months of the book s life. But what if you sold 1,000 copies of your book on the first day it released. Instapage was our postclick landing page builder of choice because it allowed us to quickly and easily ab test different components on our page, and it offered a mobilefriendly. As their consultantwriter, i wrote the book and i formed a team to do the editing, proofreading, layout, name studies, printing, and so on. Before starting this journey, id dreamed of us selling 10,000 copies of my debut novel sellout, but for it to actually happen. Wed sold close to 10,000 copies of the book in that week, and it had nudged.