Fun Data from the Author Earnings Spreadsheet

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This page is not affiliated with authorearnings.com. Rails app to generate this can be found on GitHub. Some earlier charts are here.

Table columns are percentiles: 25% means that, if you line everyone up in order, 25% made that or less.

Self-Published Earnings, 2013

#	25%	50%	75%	90%	95%	100%
914	300	3000	24000	91000	200000	13000000

Traditionally-Published Earnings, 2013

#	25%	50%	75%	90%	95%	100%
265	800	7000	38000	100000	200000	1200000

Self-Published Earnings by # Books Self-Published

#	25%	50%	75%	90%	95%	100%
0-2	100	500	3200	15000	30000	130000
3-5	200	1600	14000	46000	70000	500000
6-10	1000	10000	45000	140000	200000	500000
11-25	3000	19000	78000	270000	380000	3500000
26-50	3000	24000	100000	400000	1000000	13000000
51-9999	5000	20000	80000	102500	1000000	1000000

Traditional Earnings by # Books Traditionally Published

#	25%	50%	75%	90%	95%	100%
0-2	200	1000	7876	50000	100000	190000
3-5	2000	17500	40000	150000	380000	500000
6-10	1500	10000	40000	100000	100000	200000
11-25	4214	30000	70000	250000	450000	550000
26-50	2500	10000	60000	153000	200000	1000000
51-9999	35000	65000	100000	1200000	1200000	1200000

Self-Published Earnings by Cover Art Type

#	25%	50%	75%	90%	95%	100%
My Own	150	1500	15000	50000	104000	3500000
Pre-Made	100	500	2000	11500	60000	100000
Hire a Pro	500	5000	35000	113232	250000	13000000

Self-Published Earnings by Editor Type

#	25%	50%	75%	90%	95%	100%
None	200	3500	20000	38000	165000	1000000
Friends & Family	150	1200	12000	70000	100000	567000
Critique Group	125	800	6000	50000	64000	1000000
Freelance Editor	600	6000	40000	140000	300000	13000000

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