I saw a blog post today over at iReaderReview.com, asking if authors could make a decent living by Kindle publishing. The blog post author, switch11, said that “J. A. Konrath put up a post talking about how he’s making $1,250 a month off of his book’s sales – these are unpublished books that he’s giving away for free on his website and selling for $1.85 on the Kindle Store.”
One of the factors cited in how more Kindle authors can become “rich” is the (relatively) small number of Kindles currently on the market. Although Amazon won’t release sales figures, it’s estimated there are about a half-million Kindles currently in use.
I totally disagree that the number of Kindles sold will impact the possibility for author success. Why? Because when Amazon made a Kindle app for the iPhone, they opened up the Kindle store to more than 20 million new readers.
It’s not the number of Kindles on the market, it’s how well you’re marketing to people who have access to the Kindle store.
What do you think?
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I totally think that you can make decent money by publishing to the Kindle. Of course that being said you still have to be a good writer to succeed.
I have not make any money with the kindle publishing. I am still waiting for that moment….
I think Kindle is a Great idea but i don’t have one, like most of these devices it seems to be buy unseen, that is not very satisfactory. I WONDER WHAT OTHERS THINK.
You need to know how to do it so you succeed and most important, find a niche that people are buying.
There’s something about Kindles that isn’t true of iPads.
People who buy Kindles bought them exclusively to read. And it’s much easier to buy books for the Kindle than it is to pirate them– not necessarily true of the iPad. And the Kindle is terrible for surfing or any other sort of entertainment or information delivery except for music.
I agree with the people who say that electronic books have just begun to reach market penetration. It will be an unstoppable wave that will destroy brick and mortar bookstores, at least for new books. Why would anyone buy normal books, even now, when you can spend $250 on a Nook– that’s twelve hardcover books– and have as many books as you want at a tiny fraction of the price?