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The Author Email List: What the 2025 Indie Author Survey Says About Earnings

The strongest predictor of what an author earns is not talent, and it is not who published them. Written Word Media’s 2025 Indie Author Survey collected 1,346 responses from authors. Authors with an email list reported median earnings of about 300 dollars a month. Authors without one reported about 15 dollars a month. Twenty times, […]

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