Self-Publishing Shoptalk: Costs, Payout, and Keeping Expectations Low

May 09, 2023

∙ Paid

Screencap of my KDP stats for the first week: 15 orders, 73.68 in earnings. Also, my budget of 214.23 US, which is broken down in the body of this article.

Good morning lovely readers and fellow writers.

We’re just a few days out from the launch of Children of Doro, and this feels as good a time as any to talk frankly about the business of self-publishing.

May 4 was a strange day for me: quiet, yet also marking the end of an era. There was no grand launch party, no cutesy “book birthday” cakes or cupcakes; I…

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