Indie Authors Earn More than Big 5 Authors

Hugh Howey has been busy. He and a few friends have done some in-depth analysis on the top 7,000 genre fiction titles selling on Amazon and have come to some startling conclusions. Before you read the rest of this, go look at the full report HERE or HERE. Is that the sweet, sweet taste of vindication? I think so. Here are my top takeaways:

Indie authors are keeping 47% of author revenue vs 36% for those authors published by the Big 5. This means for every $1 an indie author makes, their Big 5...