Indie Author Income (6 Months on KDP)

Curious about the potential of self-publishing on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)? I self-published two fantasy romance books over the last six months. With complete transparency, I'm revealing my earnings and sales figures from January 2023 to June 2023. I hope that you can gain some valuable insights into what it takes to be a self-published author knowing that not everyone makes $10k a month.

[@warren-freshoffthevinemedia]

Thank you for sharing. I published my first book last month, and I'm about to break into triple digits on sales. I'm not exactly getting rich, but I am setting up a stream of income. I just made my book available on Kindle Unlimited, but I don't have any pages read yet. Thank you for your transparency on this. It's helping me to manage my expectations.

[@marcinpawlik4474]

I think it’s amazing you can talk so freely and so openly about how much money you’re making. I think it’s just a beginning and in future, you will make much more, which is not to say I’m not in awe of the fact that you’re making this much at such an early stage in the first place. Good for you.

[@ljc.youtube]

that's great! among the millions of books... to be noticed is truly a blessing.

[@ryanwrites]

Thanks for being transparent! It's interesting to hear about other authors. I looked up your book because I was curious and realised you didn't an amazon author page or a goodreads author page. Those would be good things to have to establish yourself even further.

[@Glaubermoledo]

Thank you so much for this! I'm a newbie Brazilian author, getting ready to publish and I'll translate myself into English, hence I was a freelance translator for Netflix and also some books, and it's like you: the whole job was made by me. Writing, formatting, choosing, picking etc...

[@gavkinn]

Lindsey, you have a beautiful smile. Money is a motivator and I love this video as I've just started on KDP.

[@CircusStellaShow]

I got to be the 100th like. I feel like that's probably lucky. Thank you for the video :)

[@directorhu]

Excellent video filled with actual talk from an actual writer. Question, as a self published author, do you have a literary agent? Is it even necessary in your opinion? Thanks. - Christian