AnnaFeatherstone<p>Authors, some interesting results from the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) latest research project and the The Big Indie Author Data Drop including:</p><p>75% of book sales were part of a series (fiction and non-fiction)</p><p>Self-published authors earn more than authors who are traditionally published.</p><p>Self-published female authors earn more than self-published male authors</p><p>LGBTQIA+ self-published authors earn more than heterosexual self-published authors</p><p>Successful self-published authors are not ‘agreeable'… and that's a good thing!</p><p>More facts and figures here: <a href="https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/facts/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">allianceindependentauthors.org</span><span class="invisible">/facts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Alli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alli</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/authorbusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authorbusiness</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BoldAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoldAuthors</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/authorsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authorsofmastodon</span></a></p>