My September 2018 Kindle Publishing Income Report

About this video

Sean presents a September income report to argue that many publishers inflate results by screenshotting one lucky month. Sean reports he made $110,000 in nine months, and reports September earnings of $13,111.83 in total. He breaks that down as $6,748.03 from ACX, $2,357 from KDP Kindle, a little over $3,000 from CreateSpace — over $5,400 combined from KDP and CreateSpace — and $437 from Draft2Digital and PublishDrive. He explains ACX fell because he had not published a single ACX book in the past four months, after previously hitting over $10,000 a month from ACX alone. Instead he spent two months publishing bundle books from existing titles and running AMS ads to revive Kindle and CreateSpace, which rose from about $1,000-$2,000. He concludes bundles worked and AMS is now essential, but a new book that can also go to ACX gives better long-term profit per book than a bundle that cannot, so he will refocus on new ACX-eligible books while maintaining Kindle and CreateSpace.

Key takeaways

• Sean reports September income of $13,111.83, with $6,748.03 from ACX and over $5,400 combined from KDP and CreateSpace.
• Bundling existing books and running AMS ads revived his Kindle and CreateSpace income cheaply because no new books had to be created.
• Neglecting ACX for four months caused ACX income to drop, even as Kindle and CreateSpace rose.
• He concludes new books eligible for Kindle, CreateSpace, and ACX offer higher overall long-term profit than bundle-only books.
• He recommends running AMS ads, arguing publishers who do not are at a disadvantage as more competitors adopt them.

Episode details: published October 8, 2018 · 9:00 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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