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That’s pretty great! I sold 1000 on the first day ( http://catonmat.net/awk-book ).
That's crazy good! But would be better if you also submit a story how you came to create and market it.
That’s pretty great! I sold 1000 on the first day ( http://catonmat.net/awk-book ).
> I sold 1000 on the first day Please tell us about your marketing and strategy. I'm amazed awk can shift so many. I'm also finding (with "Digital Vegan") that independent ebooks are much better cash creators than paper sales. Brexit is killing me - I can't sell paper outside the UK any more.
I sold around 300 in my first year (which ended recently), which is much less than the other book I wrote via my publisher. Yet, even though it is sold at a lesser price, my self-published book made almost more money. This is essentially because the percentage I make on every sales with my publisher is really low (10%). So for my next book, I'll self publish as well. (the book btw https://securityhandbook.io/ )
I've done it both ways. But if I do more, at this point in my career, they'll probably just be relatively short ebooks.
Well done. That's a respectable number of sales for your first year! The economics of self publishing is interesting. When I think back on my first book I count at least 5 years research that enabled me to be able to write it, 3 years writing it and then many years selling the thing around industry. By a pessimistic account I was about £500k down :) Like you, the first year I sold about 500. Unlike online fulfilment…
That's an interesting perspective. A PhD Thesis is basically a book length manifestation of original work. Which should apply to any book worth publishing, too.
Congratulations; putting a book together is a challen hard enough all on its own. Actually selling copies is another.
Started with 0 audience, 0 idea of how to write a book and ended up turning it into a fairly sizable newsletter (1k+) and made a couple grand for my month or two of time spent.
I wish I knew much more about self-publishing when I published it, but for my second book, I'm very prepared this time around and have strategies to help it perform better that I got from a book called "Published".
https://www.amazon.com/Published-Proven-Blank-Published-Auth...
I think the real challenge of self-publishing is advertising, marketing, and simply getting your name out there. The writing part is fairly easy!
I sold around 300 in my first year (which ended recently), which is much less than the other book I wrote via my publisher. Yet, even though it is sold at a lesser price, my self-published book made almost more money. This is essentially because the percentage I make on every sales with my publisher is really low (10%). So for my next book, I'll self publish as well. (the book btw https://securityhandbook.io/ )
Awesome, a really pithy and down to earth workaday style that complements the exhaustive tomes like Ross Anderson's. What I've found so important is knowing your keywords and making sure your work is associated with the right BIC/BIS Subject Category Codes [1] "Security Engineering" (a much better term imho) has a lesser impact in academic sales than "Ethical Hacking" and "Cybersecurity" because of how courses are na…
This line resonated way too much with me: "Initially, I thought five months might be enough for me to write it, but the scope quickly grew, and the progress was slow."
Somehow, even though I've been writing for years now, I consistently underestimate the scope and time commitment of every writing project, even after attempting to adjust for my tendency to underestimate.
I always love transparency like this from authors, thanks for sharing! This line resonated way too much with me: "Initially, I thought five months might be enough for me to write it, but the scope quickly grew, and the progress was slow." Somehow, even though I've been writing for years now, I consistently underestimate the scope and time commitment of every writing project, even after attempting to adjust for my ten…
There's a graph with 3 items per time period and no legend. And nothing about profit vs revenue really, how much did each book cost vs profit? Apart from that, very informative.
The net profit is dependent on me paying taxes, social security, and insurance. Since I also program it's hard to say exactly how much net it is. Gumroad fees are explained on their site[0]. There were no ad costs. If I should pay my time as a business, it would be a loss. [0] https://gumroad.com/pricing