When I log on and see that I've only made another 2 sales in the past few days I get discouraged. No, I don't want to stop trying, but I am human and so it's daunting at times. Then I read about an e-book author list naming names and counting numbers.
So if you, like me, are looking for a little encouragement that it can be done, here is a list of e-book authors that have sold 50,000+ books as of March 2012.
The list was alphabetized on the Kindle Forum by Zelah Meyer . I'm here and Zelah is in England, thinking, thinking, got it...we should trade places ala Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet in The Holiday :) Let me know Zelah, anytime!
Susan Alison http://montyandrosie.blogspot.com/
Melody Anne 150,000
Dani Amore
Bella Andre
http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2011-11-02/interview-bella-andre-e-book-phenom-and-author-of-from-this-moment-on/560623/1
Jake Barton
Robert Bidinotto
J Carson Black
http://donnanewton.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/30-second-interview-with-j-carson-black/
Cheryl Bolen 145,000
Kathleen Brooks
Catherine Bybee
Sarra Cannon 62,400
Karen Cantwell 86,000
Ruth Cardello
Darcie Chan
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-i-became-a-best-selling-author-.html
Mel Comley
Shelly Crane
Martin Crosbie 66,700
Blake Crouch
Chris Culver
David Dalglish - around 175,000
http://greghamerton.com/2011/11/indie-fantasy-authors-to-watch-david-dalglish/
Susan Denning 60,000
Saffina Desforges
http://saffinadesforgesblog.com/2011/12/21/official-annoucement-publishing-deal-for-sugar-spice-by-saffina-desforges/
Mainak Dhar - almost 100,000
Mark Edwards & Louis Voss
Sandra Edwards 90,000
Ellen Fisher - over 100,000
Penelope Fletcher - over 50,000 (? how much over?)
Tina Folsom
http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2011-11-04/interview-e-book-rock-star-tina-folsom-author-of-zanes-redemption/561641/1
Marie Force - 200,000 in the last year
Barbara Freethy
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/author-barbara-freethy-sells-over-one-million-self-published-e-books-in-2011-132522313.html
Jenny Gardiner
Eliza Gayle 65,000
Debora Geary
Lee Goldberg
Allan Guthrie 63,000
Gemma Halliday
Liliana Hart 100,000
Michael Hicks approaching 100,000
Amanda Hocking
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/12/amanda-hocking-self-publishing
Sheila Horgan - over 80,000
Hugh Howey - over 100,000
Nancy C. Johnson
Ty Johnston - over 60,000
Selena Kitt
J.A. Konrath
http://www.jakonrath.com/bio.htm
Eve Langlais - over 56,000
Stephen Leather
http://publishingebooks.blogspot.com/
Jason Letts / foreverjuly - almost 50,000
Victorine Lieske
http://www.ckvolnek.com/4/post/2011/8/meet-best-selling-author-victorine-lieske.html
John Locke
Terri Giuliano Long
http://www.novelpublicity.com/2012/01/thanks-to-you-how-book-bloggers-sparked-the-indie-publishing-revolution/
Carole Davis Luce - 100,000
CJ Lyons
http://romanceuniversity.org/2011/12/19/indie-pubbing-and-the-nyt-list-with-cj-lyons/
H.P. Mallory
www.smashwords.com/profile/view/hpmallory
KC May
Bob Mayer
http://www.bobmayer.org/
David McAfee
Stephanie McAfee
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/new-in-paperback-stephanie-mcafees-diary-of-a-mad-fat-girl/2012/01/30/gIQA7sDLxQ_story.html
Courtney Milan
Rick Murcer
http://blog.writingspirit.com/top-10-ebook-articles/
Scott Nicholson
Anne Marie Novark - Over 75,000
Shayne Parkinson - over 50,000 (? how much over?)
Michael Prescott - 995,000!
Rose Pressey
T.R. Ragan 239,592
Terri Reid
http://jimthewriterb.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/terri-reid-sells-60000-ebooks-in-her-first-year/
Adam Rendon
http://www.therip.com/features/2011/09/08/local-author-sells-over-100000-copies-of-self-published-novel/
Lexi Revellian
Shadonna Richards
Imogen Rose
Nick Russell over 100,000
L.J. Sellers
Michele Scott - 100,000
Tori Scott 84,000
Christopher Smith 700,000
Andy Straka
Michael J Sullivan
http://www.ridanpublishing.com/michaelsullivan.html
Denise Grover Swank 60,000
Vicki Tyley 100,000
Heather Killough-Walden
Michael Wallace - over 80,000
Kerry Wilkinson
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/feb/08/self-published-author-amazon-ebook
Nicole Williams
Rachel Yu - over 60,000
I wonder how many sales they are making over on Barnes and Noble.
There is hope, happy writing.
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