Yesterday, February 4th, The Author Incubator posted a video on YouTube. Just a couple minutes in length. Here’s literally one half of the video:
Breakdown of $1m book revenue, YouTube
So, first the good: It’s true that a book will see, on average, 3,000 sales in its lifetime.
However, the rest of it is lies.
- First, that statistic is from 2006 and is for all genres. Not specific to one.
- Keep in mind, their are almost 1,000,000 books published every year.
- About half of those are self-published (What Angela is doing)
- Those self-published books average less than 250 sales. That data aligns with the ongoing monitoring of various titles Angela has published.
- Not even her own books that she wrote sell.
- Oh and that 3000 figure does not include ‘ebook sales’
- The revenue figures are completely made up.
The average price for an eBook on Amazon or BN.com is between $2.99 to $3.99. So how does she get $3 per book? She just makes it up.
Whatever it will take to part with your $15,000.
Why you should wait
Here’s why you should wait and work on your writing before doing something so brash as to actually give that conman your hard earned money:
- The average advance to publish a book as a first-time author is $10,000.
- That advance is calculated from the estimated sale of your book for the first 6 months to a year.
And actually, just start writing your book now. Finish it. Send it to publishers for review. Get honest feedback. Improve. And before you know it, someone will take it.
Things like her comment is stuff that the Federal Trade Commission absolutely LOVES to investigate.
Oh, and after the fold, here’s the first 104 people Angela just brazenly prints for whoever to see, without a care for their privacy.
| Name | Date |
| Armando Lopez | “Yesterday” |
| Shiela Wood | “Yesterday” |
| Luke Johnson | 24-Sep |
| Breyan Halzlip | 24-Sep |
| Dorothy Chisholm | 24-Sep |
| Sharon L West | 24-Sep |
| Yvette Willia | 24-Sep |
| Linda Lasha | 24-Sep |
| Laura Noyes | 24-Sep |
| Alicia Hubbard | 24-Sep |
| Gloria Allen | 24-Sep |
| Wendy Alexander | 24-Sep |
| Victoria Lazic | 24-Sep |
| Tracey Washington | 24-Sep |
| Angela Riley | 24-Sep |
| Christy Jennings | 24-Sep |
| Todd Juluke | 24-Sep |
| Christine Fall Moore | 23-Sep |
| Dean Thomas | 23-Sep |
| Sarah Himkel | 23-Sep |
| Robert Craft | 23-Sep |
| Matt Archer | 23-Sep |
| Sharee Taylor | 23-Sep |
| Peg Lannone | 23-Sep |
| Bernadette Penotti | 23-Sep |
| Luke McLaughlin | 23-Sep |
| Sharena Conte | 23-Sep |
| Tamara Abston | 23-Sep |
| Heather Anderson | 23-Sep |
| Adelina Gentry | 23-Sep |
| Stephanie Christner | 23-Sep |
| Keisha Owens | 23-Sep |
| Kim Hansen | 23-Sep |
| Raine Devries | 23-Sep |
| Tammy Miller | 22-Sep |
| Jennifer Lai | 22-Sep |
| Regina Fishburne | 22-Sep |
| Stacy Rosman | 22-Sep |
| Heather Dennis | 22-Sep |
| Susan Robin | 22-Sep |
| Tchler Diab | 22-Sep |
| Cordell Lee | 21-Sep |
| Jaqueline Neuwirth | 21-Sep |
| Agnes Mina | 21-Sep |
| Deborach Cox | 21-Sep |
| Brian Maynard | 21-Sep |
| Chase Stover | 21-Sep |
| Li Liu | 21-Sep |
| Marti Samuelsin | 20-Sep |
| Sukanya Hegde | 20-Sep |
| Lissette Arroba | 20-Sep |
| Brittany Johnson | 20-Sep |
| Shelly Schlitter | 20-Sep |
| Shelly Schlitter | 20-Sep |
| Yolanda Wright | 20-Sep |
| Angela Watkins | 20-Sep |
| Tamara Coleman | 20-Sep |
| “Can I not say I rather not…” | 20-Sep |
| Tinksha Nathaniel | 20-Sep |
| Amanda Weaver | 20-Sep |
| Shaunna Menard | 20-Sep |
| Diane Nicholson | 20-Sep |
| Monica Fooe | 20-Sep |
| Alicia Barnes | 20-Sep |
| Lauria Dillman | 20-Sep |
| Tina Fitzgerald | 20-Sep |
| Ralph Menweg | 20-Sep |
| Freida Brown | 20-Sep |
| Martins Ejialor | 20-Sep |
| Alice Dubose | 20-Sep |
| Cassandra Taylor | 20-Sep |
| Nicole Tucker | 20-Sep |
| Alma Allen | 20-Sep |
| Nena Christie Tremblay | 20-Sep |
| Kay Pearce | 20-Sep |
| Juliet Tennison | 20-Sep |
| Paul Wyman | 20-Sep |
| Debra Hanes | 20-Sep |
| Annette Lewis | 20-Sep |
| Jennifer Paliffy | 20-Sep |
| Seember Nyager | 20-Sep |
| Stephanie Stansbury | 20-Sep |
| Patricia Satchell | 20-Sep |
| R R Fletcher | 20-Sep |
| Tracy Watts | 20-Sep |
| Mazhgan Naghipour | 20-Sep |
| Jennifer Gladwin | 20-Sep |
| Cynthia Craft | 20-Sep |
| Deidre Horton Phillips | 20-Sep |
| Karl Siman | 20-Sep |
| Jakeem Hill | 20-Sep |
| Pamela Pater-Ennis | 20-Sep |
| Cecillia Reyes | 20-Sep |
| MaryAnne Martinez | 20-Sep |
| Shanyel Merrel | 20-Sep |
| Kari Fisher | 20-Sep |
| Jericho Bernandino | 20-Sep |
| Rita Weber | 20-Sep |
| Jimmy Simms | 20-Sep |
| Alicia Eiland | 20-Sep |
| Ruben Vargas | 20-Sep |
| Rohini Ross | 19-Sep |
| Denise Messineo | 18-Sep |
| Rafalar Hightower | 18-Sep |
| Karen Wigfall | 18-Sep |
| Julia Darvy | 18-Sep |
| Saurabh Chowdhry | 18-Sep |
| Jennifer Ellenburg | 18-Sep |
| Frederick Randolph | 18-Sep |
| Cameo Bobo | 18-Sep |