[for_i_in_range]

Sad. I did $403k last month as an independent writer. All analog publishing. None of it from KDP. Be careful what advice you listen to.

[vidarh]

That's great for you. But the average full time author of books in the UK earned below minimum wage a few years ago, and that's fairly typical for developed countries. It's a profession that very heavily skews towards a tiny proportion of top earners.

[eertami]

And I made $15million last month as a lottery winner.

[niederman]

Surely you realize that this is not at all the typical experience for independent writers, though.

[vidarh]

It's not the typical experience for traditionally published writers either.

[__mharrison__]

That's awesome. As an author myself, I'd love to hear more.

Also note, that you are an outlier. (Congrats!) Folks listening to you should not expect those results.

[sanswork]

Pretty sure it's just fantasy, it's easy to find his book from his comments. He has <5k followers and minimal engagement on any social media platform, his book does not have great reviews nor many of them on goodreads(150 reviews for a book that would have had to sell almost 25k copies in a month to get those numbers).

Any conversation I've found in related subreddits seems negative.

[jahewson]

Don’t tell me, if I buy your book I can learn how to do it too?

[komali2]

What books did you write? And what do you mean by "analog publishing?"

[mvkel]

Do you feel fulfilled?

[for_i_in_range]

Yes.

[gizajob]

What are your books about? Fiction or non- ?

[for_i_in_range]

Non-fiction