"53% of titles on the ebook genre bestseller lists were either self-published or from a single-author publisher, accounting for 43% of daily unit sales, compared to 34% of titles from one of the "big five" publishers."
This quote comes from a recent piece in The Guardian and there is a lot of controversy about the result of the survey and report from author Hugh Howey, and whether or not indie authors and e-books are doing better or worse than trad pubbed writers, but this is a report that writers should be aware of. And there is no question that there is a publishing revolution, and that this is an exciting time for writers. Check out this article in The Guardian to get several perspectives.....
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/14/hugh-howey-author-earnings-self-publishing-revolution
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