The average indie author doesn't earn much. He has a problem with selling books and usually, the sale is about 5 books per month.
On other hand, indie authors do many investments. You need to pay the editor, covers, and book promotion, and if you can't format the book alone, you will also pay for it.
If you want to get a review, you will struggle to cooperate with other authors, read their books or talk mouth by mouth in the hope to sell something.
The result is: you can't sell the book even to get small money, and especially, you can't earn from books enough to quit your regular job.
The conclusion :
You will spend more money than you earn.
Most of your money will never get back.
You will buy your own books.
You will have a problem with selling paperback versions of books, these are the hardest to sell.
What is the solution?
You had a dream to sign your book in the local library, give autographs in public promotions, and people are standing in line to get your book. Your book is material for the move, and then you get rich.
The reality is: your books are not selling. Someone will spend a dollar to get a book from time to time, but this is the highest you will go.
Would you give up on this expensive hobby?
Many authors are writing because they have an inner need to write. They want to spit out their stories, based on experiences, to share with an audience. They have a need to get listeners because it makes feel easier.
Giving up on writing means this sharing with the audience is over, you must focus on your real job and forget about writing.
When time is passing, and you realize you can't sell the book, you will slowly retreat. People are ignoring you, so what can you do?
Indie authors are many, the competition is big, and only rare will get success. If you want to manage like Anna Todd, you must catch the stroke of good luck. She started on Wattpad and people read her stories, later on, she got a movie adaptation of her series After.
Well, when I tried on Wattpad I got only a bunch of spammers and horny men who wanted to chat with me.
The choice is yours, accept reality or give up.
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