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I get the sense that different verticals require vastly different strategies. A friend of a friend pulls in ~$10-20k a year on Kindle erotica, but they have to
by nateberkopec 10y ago
I get the sense that different verticals require vastly different strategies. A friend of a friend pulls in ~$10-20k a year on Kindle erotica, but they have to pump out like 2 books a month.
- faet 10y agoYup, that is what my friend does. Kindle Unlimited erotica, one new book per month. New releases get ~100k reads during the first month, then another ~50k from all the previous books per month. Very few people actually "buy" the erotica. Most just consume it through KU.
- 33W 10y agoFor anyone wondering (as I was), Kindle Unlimited pays per page based on the size of the fund (number of subscribers total), and the number pf pages read during that month. >Here are some examples of how it would work if the fund was $10M and 100,000,000 total pages were read in the month: The author of a 100 page book that was borrowed and read completely 100 times would earn $1,000 ($10 million multiplied by 10,000 pages for this author divided by 100,000,000 total pages). The author of a 200 page book that was borrowed and read completely 100 times would earn $2,000 ($10 million multiplied by 20,000 pages for this author divided by 100,000,000 total pages). The author of a 200 page book that was borrowed 100 times but only read halfway through on average would earn $1,000 ($10 million multiplied by 10,000 pages for this author divided by 100,000,000 total pages).
- faet 10y agoYup, for reference earnings over the past year are roughly $0.005 (half of one cent) per page +- $0.0003
- emodendroket 10y agoI hear about so many people doing this that I have to wonder how many freaking romance novels people are reading. I consider myself a pretty frequent reader but it usually takes me anywhere from a week to a month to finish a book, depending on how long/dense it is.
- faet 10y agoScribd used to be an unlimited reading platform. They had to drop all romance/erotica because people were reading waaay too many books. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/01/scribd-cuts-romance-and-erotica-titles https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/01/scribd-cuts-ro...
- emodendroket 10y agoWould be nice if they quantified it.
- exolymph 10y agoRomance novels are really easy, quick reads, and the people who read them tend to be voracious. Not unusual to read 5-10 in a month.
- emodendroket 10y agoGuess I'll consider them if I want to impress people with the number of books I read on Goodreads.
- meej 10y agoI spent a couple summers home from college working the circulation desk at the local library branch near my parents' home. They lent books for 21 days, and the women who were voracious romance novel readers would return and check out an entire tote bag full of paperbacks every time they visited.
- jermaustin1 10y agoMy wife will usually finish a romance novel in 2-3 days if she doesn't have much going on (exams, interning, self-care, etc)