What are the most profitable ebooks?

What are the most lucrative e-books to self-publish?
  • Literature & fiction. Literature & fiction is, by a landslide, the most popular e-book category on Amazon. ...
  • Biographies & memoirs. ...
  • Self-help. ...
  • Non-fiction. ...
  • Children's e-books.
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What are the most successful eBooks?

  • The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett.
  • Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer.
  • The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown.
  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson.
  • The Help, by Kathryn Stockett.
  • Fifty Shades Freed, by E. L. James.
  • Inferno, by Dan Brown.
  • The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green.
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Can eBooks be profitable?

Is Selling eBooks Profitable? While selling eBooks has the potential to be profitable, it's not a business where you make hundreds of dollars per sale. As a matter of fact, one eBook is capable of lifting you from zero to millionaire. To make money from eBooks, you need to maintain high sales over and over.
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Can you get rich selling eBooks?

Remember, though they may be a paid product, ebooks are rarely a huge earner, especially in the short run. Most ebook sellers price them low to get people into their marketing funnel and sell them pricier stuff — their consulting, premium courses, and the like.
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Can I make a living writing eBooks?

Making money writing ebooks is a numbers game. You can write one ebook in a week, spend months or years marketing the hell out of it, and try to make $10,000 per month. Or, you can do what Steve Scott does, and write 20 ebooks each making $500 per month.
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What are the most popular ebook topics?

The Top 10 Non-Fiction Categories on Amazon Kindle (eBooks)
  • Business & Money (123)
  • Self-Help (146)
  • Cook Books, Food & Wine (171)
  • Politics & Social Sciences (180)
  • Health, Fitness & Dieting (202)
  • Parenting & Relationships (327)
  • Crafts, Hobbies & Home (1,309)
  • Education & Teaching (1,483)
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How long should an ebook be to sell?

A typical ebook is around 2,000-2,500 words, which probably only gives you around 300-350 words per section. Get the key points across crisply and succinctly, so as not to detain your reader unnecessarily. Pay attention to headlines and subheads. Make them enticing and appealing.
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Is selling eBooks on Amazon worth it?

You can start earning money quickly, and if you price your book between $2.99 and 9.99, Amazon gives you 70% of the cut. Not a bad deal considering they let you use their technology to publish your ebook, and then help you promote it on their massive eCommerce platform with millions of regular visitors.
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How much do authors get paid for their first book?

As we can see from many authors and agents the average first time author is projected to earn around $10,000 for their new book. After you pay your agent and invest in promotion, there isn't much left over.
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What self-published books sell best?

A Reason to Read Self-Published Authors
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. ...
  • The Martian by Andy Weir. ...
  • Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James. ...
  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova. ...
  • Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown. ...
  • The Celestine Prophecy by James Renfield. ...
  • Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
  • The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer.
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What is the most successful self-published book?

Arguably the most well-known self-publishing success story is E.L. James' 50 Shades of Grey trilogy. She self-published the first book in 2011 as an ebook and print (on demand paperback) through an independent publisher.
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What kind of book makes the most sense to self publish?

Sci-fi and Fantasy

Science fiction and fantasy are often the go-to genre for writers wanting to make a name for themselves as published authors, so it's no surprise that almost half of the books in these genres are self-published.
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How much does JK Rowling make per book?

CNBC estimates that Rowling has earned well over $1 billion from Harry Potter book sales alone, assuming a standard 15% royalty, as well as another $50 million for her books for adults and several Potter spinoffs.
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Who is the highest paid author?

Topping the ranking of the world's highest earning authors in 2019 was J.K. Rowling, with an income of 92 million U.S. dollars. Rowling is best known for her 'Harry Potter' series, but came under fire in May 2020 for comments on Twitter which users felt were transphobic.
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How many books sold is considered successful?

In the book's lifetime

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.
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How much does it cost to create an eBook?

The average eBook is 2,500 to 5,000 words. That means that costs range between $125 to $250 on the lower end and $500 to $1000 on the high end. When your topic is research-intensive, or you want to hire a writer with an expert knowledge of the subject, you'll end up paying more.
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How much does it cost to publish an eBook?

It's free to put your book up for sale, and the retailer takes a percentage of the sale. Amazon offers a 70% royalty to authors when pricing ebooks between $2.99 – $9.99 and 35% outside that range or for specific regions if the book isn't in KDP Select.
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How much do ebooks sell for?

In the USA, ebooks sell at all prices from $1 up to $10. The most popular price range was $1-2. The most revenue was earned between in the $9-10 price range. Specialised ebooks sell at high prices, over $100.
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How many pages is a good ebook?

If you're aiming for a 20,000 word ebook (around 80-100 pages, assuming you're including a few images) then that breaks down to writing 1,000 words a day.
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How many pages make an ebook?

And when you categorize ebook lengths by genre , the average lengths of short ebooks starts at 123 pages for children's books and cap out at 519 pages for long and meaty law ebooks. For our purposes today, we're going to call the above estimates medium-sized to long ebooks.
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Do ebooks expire?

Digital license expiration and access varies by publisher and book. Digital rentals (e-Rental) expire after a set number of days from purchase (e.g., 60, 90, or 180 days). Purchased eBooks (Perpetual Offline Access) allows you to own the eBook indefinitely.
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What makes a successful ebook?

Incorporate visuals.

Whether you add them during or after you've finished writing your ebook's copy, your visuals should serve to highlight an important point you're making or deconstruct the meaning of a concept in an easy-to-understand, visual way. Images shouldn't just be there to make the ebook easy on the eyes.
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What non fiction books sell the most?

The best-selling nonfiction of the year:
  • Bruce Barton, The Man Nobody Knows.
  • George A. ...
  • Lulu Hunt Peters, Diet and Health.
  • Mark Sullivan, Our Times, vol. ...
  • Fannie Farmer, ed., The Boston Cooking School Cook Book.
  • Milton C. ...
  • Bruce Barton, The Book Nobody Knows.
  • Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy.
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How can I sell my ebook fast?

7 Sites to Help You Sell Ebooks
  1. Visme. Visme in an all-in-one design and content creation platform that lets you create, publish and share all kinds of visually engaging content — including ebooks. ...
  2. Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. ...
  3. Smashwords. ...
  4. Rakuten Kobo. ...
  5. Sellfy. ...
  6. Payhip. ...
  7. Gumroad.
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Do authors get paid well?

According to the survey results, the median pay for full-time writers was $20,300 in 2017, and that number decreased to $6,080 when part-time writers were considered. The latter figure reflects a 42 percent drop since 2009, when the median was $10,500.
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