• Amazon releases over 1.4 million self-published books through its Kindle Direct Publishing every year.
• 33% of self-published authors make less than $500 per year.
• 90% of self-published books sell less than 100 copies.
• 20% of self-published authors report making no income from their books.

If you can reach a thousand readers on SN, you are probably doing better than the average self published author on amazon.