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Interesting recent stats on Self-published books https://wordsrated.com/self-published... by Nicholas Rizzo.

Self-publishing platforms pay up to 70% of each book sold to authors
Self-published authors do not receive an advance and have to put up the costs of publishing and advertising themselves
Independent authors who sell their books on their own website receive up to 96%
The average self-published book sells 250 copies
The average self-published author makes $1,000 per year from their books
33% of self-published authors make less than $500 per year
90% of self-published books sell less than 100 copies
20% of self-published authors report making no income from their books
More than 1,000 self-published authors made $100,000 last year from Amazon
Of authors who have published their first book in the last 10 years:
1,200 traditionally published authors have earned $25,000+ a year
1,600 self-published authors have earned $25,000+ a year

I believe that they can but it is up.to.the writer to 100% shoulder all of the marketing and advertising

Michael wrote: "Interesting recent stats on Self-published books https://wordsrated.com/self-published... by Nicholas Rizzo.

Self-publishing platforms pay up to 70% of each book sold to author..."

Agreed.