How Much Money Can You Make Selling Ebooks?

One of the most common questions we get at Ebook Architect is
“how much money will I make selling ebooks? Well, like most
businesses the answer will depend on many different factors. For
example the amount of time you put into the promotion of your
ebook will have a direct consequence on sales and market
interest in your ebook topic is another important factor. People
who are good at picking good ebook topics and promoting their
ebooks usually stand to make a lot of money with ebooks. 

How Much Money You Ask?

Some Ebook entrepreneurs lose money in the course of a year
while some make hundreds of thousands of dollars. More
realistically however is somewhere in between these two points.
Many ebook authors make between $5,000 and $20,000 a year. 

How to Maximize Ebook Sales

The best way to ensure optimum sales is to constantly promote
your ebook. This may mean staying in on weekends and staying up
late during the week. Some of the best ways to promote your
ebook include buying advertising from large advertising portals
such as Google and Yahoo, partaking in link exchanges, writing
articles for websites and Ezines, building an information dense
website and writing great ebook sales pages. Accomplishing all
of this is no minor feat. You should expect to be in product
development for between 1-6 months and then the promotional
aspect may take another 4-12 months. It’s not necessarily an
easy job but as stated above the payoff could be substantial. 

Worst Case Scenario

Even if you decide half way through the process that ebook
entrepreneurship is not your cup of tea, you will still have
written an ebook and be selling it online. That makes you an
author; congratulations. Not only will you be an author but your
ebook may give you some extra pocket change on a monthly basis.
If nothing else, it will be a good learning experience. You have
nothing to lose, so why not give it a shot?