How I make $400 a month in Passive Income by Self-Publishing
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#3Self-publishing over publishing, sure, but this is very based on the content of the book. As someone who actually interacts with College Confidential and the like, an educated book on the subject making money doesn't surprise me in the slightest, but it takes knowledge and time to write. You can't just write whatever you want - the author was lucky enough to know about a subject in a favorable market - parents and kids who are Ivy-obsessed will easily pay for a book on the subject given how many small in's and out's there are in the process.
Edit Note: More info on why the market is favorable for the subject
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#4Its quite amazing how much money you can make with self-published books. For example I wrote a book about Decoding CAPTCHA's. I have the top ranking post on most search engines for this which is the only marketing channel.
I collect about $35 a month from it without spending any additional time marketing. Not very much but such a small niche it really surprised me.
Oddly enough the main reason for writing the book was to deflect all the emails I used to get about the subject. Not only did it achieve this aim it supplies beer money for me every month.
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#5Its quite amazing how much money you can make with self-published books. For example I wrote a book about Decoding CAPTCHA's. I have the top ranking post on most search engines for this which is the only marketing channel. I collect about $35 a month from it without spending any additional time marketing. Not very much but such a small niche it really surprised me. Oddly enough the main reason for writing the book wa…
How long did it take to write?
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#6I couldn't find any numbers, but I get the distinct impression that so far, the authors job at google probably pays better than the book. Sure, most of the work is done now and if continues for another two years or so things change. But it's hard to predict how non-fiction books age.
Re: How I make $400 a month in Passive Income by Self-Publishing
#7Its quite amazing how much money you can make with self-published books. For example I wrote a book about Decoding CAPTCHA's. I have the top ranking post on most search engines for this which is the only marketing channel. I collect about $35 a month from it without spending any additional time marketing. Not very much but such a small niche it really surprised me. Oddly enough the main reason for writing the book wa…
How long did it take to write?
The book itself took about 10 hours or so and was mostly just a collection of writings I already had and email responses.
Re: How I make $400 a month in Passive Income by Self-Publishing
#8Its quite amazing how much money you can make with self-published books. For example I wrote a book about Decoding CAPTCHA's. I have the top ranking post on most search engines for this which is the only marketing channel. I collect about $35 a month from it without spending any additional time marketing. Not very much but such a small niche it really surprised me. Oddly enough the main reason for writing the book wa…
I work in digital marketing. There is a whole scene of guys that do nothing but create simple digitally published ebooks.
They will research the market for the niche.
Research the topic in depth (something like frying chicken can be deciphered and recipe and method variations can be collected in 20 hours)
Then create content on the niche and sell it. Even a $3 ebook can make several thousand dollars a year.
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#10I couldn't find any numbers, but I get the distinct impression that so far, the authors job at google probably pays better than the book. Sure, most of the work is done now and if continues for another two years or so things change. But it's hard to predict how non-fiction books age.
It doesn't matter how much a book ages, as long as it was written in the off time (I.e., evenings or weekends). The sales made from that book is a net productivity gain.