Self-Published Books Hit Kindle Bestseller List - Forbes ... - Achuka
Kindle Author Eearnigns
from Suw Charman-Anderson, a Forbes contributor:
Amazon have announced that 15 of the top 100 bestselling Kindle books in the UK last year were self-published. Nick Spalding dominated the chart, with the number one spot taken by his Love... From Both Sides, and Love... And Sleepless Nights taking third place. Southampton-based Spalding was signed by Hodder & Staughton last October and told Amazon:
"2012 couldn't have been better for me - it's been quite amazing. I keep peeking nervously round every corner expecting to see something awful coming my way. Self-publishing on the KDP platform was the best decision I've made as a writer. It got my books into the hands of readers who now love them, made me enough money to gold plate at least one toilet seat."
...It's interesting that Amazon are releasing figures for how much their top authors are making from self-publishing. Since the launch of Amazon.co.uk's Kindle Direct Publishing platform, Amazon says 12 authors sold more than 100,000 copies. Fifty authors earnt more than £50,000 from their self-published books, 11 of whom earnt more than £100,000 (not including royalties from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library).
