Survey results: paying for professional services = more sales of self-published books

[Christina]

Hello all,

Bubblecow has posted the results of a survey of what happens when self-published authors pay for professional services (eg: cover design, copy editing).

The results are quite interesting:

- self-publishers who received help with story editing, copy editing, and proofreading made 13% more than the average

- a professionally designed cover alone is worth an 18% spike in sales

- writers doing their own story editing, copy editing, and proofreading made 58% LESS than the average writer

You can take a look at the full post here: http://bubblecow.co/should-writers-pa...

[Lorraine]

What an informative article! Thank you for sharing. I found the book sales numbers to be very similiar to what my clients are experiencing. It's nice to have statistics to validate the results.