Kindle Publishing 2018 - How I earned six figures in 9 months

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Sean says that for 2018 he has cleared over $100,000 from his online business, with Amazon alone at $110K so far that year. He claims the prior year totalled about $130,000 combined: $50K from his job, $70K from Amazon and $12K from real estate, while this year he still has $12K from real estate and about $20K from part-time work, putting him on pace for $150,000-$160,000 total, or about $12,000 a month from Amazon. Breaking down Amazon, he claims ebooks earned $16,869.17, noting the report showed 258 books but was really about 80 after he took down about 170 low-quality translated books that risked his account. He claims paperbacks earned $28,000 from January 1st to September 30th, and Draft2Digital sales outside Amazon earned about $500 a month from May across about 30 books, which he recommends only for books nearly dead on Amazon. He says ACX audiobooks are his main and fastest-growing platform: he claims $12,625 from bounties for the year, mostly $50 upfront-payment bounties, plus unit royalties rising from $2,800 in January and $3,200 in February to about $9,800 in June, breaking $10,000 a month in June, July and August including bounties. He recommends focusing on ACX and promotes a course by his friends Christian and Rasmus, offering a free 30-minute coaching call - he says he charges $400 an hour - to buyers through his link.

Key takeaways

• Sean claims Amazon was $110K of his 2018 income, ahead of real estate ($12K) and part-time work (about $20K)
• Sean claims the ebook split was $16,869.17 and paperbacks were $28,000 from January 1 to September 30
• Sean claims ACX audiobooks drove growth, with $12,625 in bounties and monthly royalties rising to about $9,800 in June
• He advises publishing in ebook, paperback and audiobook, but focusing effort on ACX/audiobooks as the growing format
• He warns against low-quality translated books, saying he removed about 170 because they risked his account

Episode details: published September 28, 2018 · 12:08 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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