From “Oh, I shouldn’t charge money for this…” to a $20k launch

In this podcast Amy Hoy and Justin Weiss talk about how Justin made more than $20,000 in one year from his book Practicing Rails and how you can start to replicate Justin’s results.

The Complete Guide to Crowdfunding Your Book

In this article Tom Morkes discusses how he raised $12,979 in crowdfunding for one of his books and lays out step-by-step instructions for people who want to crowdfund their own books too.

The 24-Hour Book Challenge — A Six Month Update

In this article Amy Hoy talks about how she earned more than $20,000 over the course of six months from a book she initially wrote in just 24 hours.

$6,000 in Completely Passive Income from One Book (The Automated Book Sales Funnel Method)

In this article entrepreneur and author Tom Morkes talks about how he generated $6,000 for his book about pay-what-you-want pricing by sending people to a free email course.

How to get an eBook to #1 on Amazon

In this article Scott Britton talks about how he got his book to number one on Amazon by using keyword research, asking for mentions in the P.S. section of email newsletters, featuring other people in the book, and more to generate $1,000 in eight days.

SPI 075: Six-Figure Earnings with Ebooks (Not on Amazon) and a Pricing Structure That Works with Nathan Barry

In this podcast episode Nathan Barry and Pat Flynn discuss how Nathan earned six-figures from his self-published, self-hosted ebooks and how you can earn a living with ebooks as well by using tiered pricing.

How I Made $6,000 in 7 Days with my Ebook

In this article software developer and author Pedro Kroger discusses how his book Music for Geeks and Nerds made more than $6,000 in seven days after successfully launching on Hacker News and Amazon.

Ask HN: Making extra income with books

In this Hacker News discussion thread successful self-published or traditionally-published authors discuss how much money they’ve made and/or are making from their books.

37,617 Copies of Traction Book by the Numbers: Revenue, Expenses and Profits from our Self-publishing Journey

In this article DuckDuckGo Founder and CEO and Traction co-author Gabe Weinberg discusses the revenue, expenses, and profits behind the 37,617 sales of his book.

$11,000

In this article author, consultant, and software engineer Roy Osherove discusses how he earned $11,000 for his book for software team leaders before it was even finished.

I Self-Published a Learn-To-Code Book and Made Nearly $5,000 in Pre-orders

In this article software developer and author Tracy Osborne discusses how she self-published her own learn-to-code book, earned $5,000 in pre-order revenue, and helped teach hundreds of people how to code.

Adventures in Self Publishing

In this article software engineer, online payments expert, and author Pete Keen lays out how his book earned more than $5,000 in revenue in just its first two weeks after launch.

Discover Meteor Case Study: How to Beat the Post-Launch Sales Drop

In this article Sacha Greif lays out how he and his co-founder developed consistent sales for their book, Discover Meteor, and earned more than $300,000 in revenue in the process.

$15,000 In Income From An EBook, How I Did It

In this article author, programmer, and entrepreneur Jim Gay talks about how his first book, Clean Ruby, made more than $15,000 in just six months.

Why you should self-publish your next book

In this article author and entrepreneur Brandon Savage talks about why you should self-publish your books if you want to make a living as a writer and goes into how one of his books makes $2,000+ per month.

$30,000 eBook Sales. In 2 Months.

In this article designer, author, and entrepreneur Jarrod Drysdale discusses how his book, Bootstrapping Design, earned more than $30,000 in just two months.

How Nathan Barry and I Sold $39k Worth of eBooks

In this article author, designer, and entrepreneur Sacha Greif talks about how he and Nathan Barry sold $39,000 worth of design ebooks using two very different pricing models.

An eBook pricing model that resulted in $100,000 in sales

In this article Nathan Barry discusses how using tiered pricing when selling his ebooks helped him generated $100,000 in revenue.