Monday, July 15, 2013

June 2013 Top-Selling Indies

Note: There are actually more extremely well-selling indies then are on the list this month. This list relies on indies to submit their information. People who didn't submit, and who didn't make Amazon's top 100 Overall Authors weren't included.


Ranking Author Name Total Number Of E-Books Sold For The Month Primary Genre
1 H.M. Ward 500000 (estimated) Romance, New Adult
2 J.C. Reed   Romance, New Adult
3 J.S. Scott   Romance, Contemporary
4 Jasinda Wilder   Romance, Erotica
5 Marie Force   Romantic Suspense
6 J. Sterling   Romance, New Adult
7 Bella Andre   Romance, Contemporary
8 Barbara Freethy   Romance, Contemporary
9 Debora Geary   Urban Fantasy
10 Carey Heywood   Romance, New Adult
11 J.A. Konrath   Horror
12 D.J. Molles   Military
13 Stephanie Bond   Mystery, Woman Sleuth
14 Morgan Rice   Fantasy
15 Emma Hart   Romance, New Adult
16 Sandi Lynn   Romance, New Adult
17 Hugh Howey   Science Fiction, Dystopian
18 Lacey Weatherford   Romance, Contemporary
19 Danielle Harmon   Romance, Historical
20 Lisa Renee Jones   Romance, New Adult
21 Jessica Sorenson   Romance, Contemporary
22 Julia Kent 55,030 Romance, New Adult
23 Gemma Halliday   Mystery, Woman Sleuth
24 Liliana Hart (private) Romance, Suspense
25 Cheryl Douglas 17,000 Romance, Contemporary
26 Russell Blake 16,400 Action-Adventure
27 Jay Allan 16,225 Science Fiction
28 Shayne Parkinson (private) Historical Fiction
29 Ryk Brown 13,664 Science Fiction
30 Terri Reid 11,846 Mystery, Paranormal
31 Deanna Chase 11,350 Romance, Paranormal
32 C.J. Archer 10,200 Romance, Historical
33 Mimi Strong 10,000 Romance, New Adult
34 Sibel Hodge 9,737 Romantic Comedy
35 Joe Nobody 9,700 Action-Adventure
36 Glynn James 8,600 Horror
37 Joshua Dalzelle 8,322 Science Fiction
38 Murray McDonald 7,599 Suspense / Thriller
39 Sarah Woodbury 7,486 Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery
40 Michael Wallace 6,700 Mystery/Thriller
41 Roxie Rivera 6,684 Romance, Suspense
42 J.A. Huss 6,000 Science Fiction
43 Dara England 4,700 Romance, Historical
44 Jason Gurley 4,401 Science Fiction, Dystopian
45 Michael Bunker 4,208 Science Fiction, Dystopian
46 Gretchen Galway 4,003 Romance, Contemporary
47 Geraldine Evans 4,001 Mystery, Comedic
48 Sarra Cannon 3,351 Romance, New Adult
49 Marti Talbott 2,852 Romance, Historical
50 G.B. Banks (private) Horror
51 Jason Halstead 2,528 Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery
52 D.W. Jackson 2,172 Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery
53 B.T. Narro 1,947 Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery
54 Elizabeth Reeves 1,799 Fantasy, Contemporary
55 Maggie Dana 1,636 Children's Fiction
56 David Gaughran 1,581 Non-Fiction
57 WJ Davies 1,417 Science Fiction, Dystopian
58 Kevin Hardman 1,400 Fantasy, Contemporary
59 Nathan Jefferson 1,200 Action-Adventure
60 Ellen O'Connell 1,196 Romance, Historical
61 Vivi Anna 1,120 Romance, Paranormal
62 Sarah Dalton 1,118 Science Fiction, Dystopian
63 V. J. Chambers 1,104 Romance, Suspense
64 Ben Muse 1,033 Suspense / Thriller
65 Barbara Bartholomew 964 Romance, Paranormal
66 Kelly Harper 750 Romance, New Adult
67 Paul Andrules 650 Science Fiction, Dystopian
68 (tie) Cege Smith 600 Horror
68 (tie) Diana Estill 600 Fiction, Humor
69 L.G. Castillo 596 Romance, Paranormal
70 Christiana Miller 521 Paranormal Mystery
71 S. Shine 497  
72 Kelly Walker 494 Romance, Young Adult
73 David Adams 487 Science Fiction
74 J.E.Taylor (private) Romance, Paranormal
75 Joseph Turkot 391 Horror
76 Joe Vasicek 377 Science Fiction
77 Ariadne Wayne 314 Romance, Erotica
78 Gavin Fletcher 298 Romance, Erotica
79 Trent Evans 295 Erotica
80 Cliff Ball 293 Horror
81 T.N. Collie 270 Romance, Contemporary
82 Angela Muse 225 Children's Fiction
83 Jamie Campbell 193 Urban Fantasy
84 Monica La Porta 189 Science Fiction, Dystopian
85 Shawn Inmon 153 Non-Fiction
86 Dalya Moon 150 Romantic Comedy
87 Bethany Burke 122 Romance, Erotica
88 Zoe Cannon 116 Science Fiction, Dystopian
89 R. Moses 113 Fantasy
90 Sean Robertson 93 Romance, Contemporary
91 (tie) K. J. Colt 78 Fantasy, Contemporary
91 (tie) Richard Tongue 51 Science Fiction
92 Tony Bertauski 51 Science Fiction, Dystopian
93 Lewis Dix 43 Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery
94 Stephen Drivick 35 Horror
95 Arlene Schindler 29 Romance, Contemporary
96 Susan Van Allen 27 Non-Fiction, Essay
97 Catherine, Lea (private) Suspense / Thriller
98 Monique Sorgen 13 Romance, Contemporary
99 R.M. Allinson (private) Science Fiction, Dystopian
100 Peter Arpesella 11 Fiction, Medical
 


General Monthly Income Number of People Reporting
Types of Authors
$1,000 or less 15 people
10 Hybrid Authors
1K-2K 7 people
47 Currently Self-Published Only
2K-3K 6 people
50 Never Been Trad Published
3K-5K 6 people
6 Authors Were Trad Published Before
5K-7K 4 people
 
7K-10K 3 people
Length of Time Self-Publishing
10K-15K 2 people
18 Authors Self-Publishing Under One Year
15K-25K 2 people
17 Authors Self-Publishing One to Two Years
25K-50K 5 people
13 Authors Self-Publishing Two toThree Years
50K-100K 4 people
6 Authors Self-Publishing Three to Four Years
100K-200K 2 person
3 Authors Self-Publishing Four to Seven Years
       
Genre Categories Genre Info Broader Genre Categories Number of Books
Fantasy & Paranormal 12 Romance 45
Romance, Contemporary 11 Science Fiction 17
Romance, New Adult 11 Fantasy & Paranormal 17
Science Fiction, Dystopian 10 Mystery/ Suspense 8
Horror 7 Horror 7
Science Fiction 7 Action-Adventure 4
Romance, Historical 6 Children's/YA 3
Mystery 5 Non-Fiction 2
Romance, Erotica 5 Fiction, Humor 1
Romance, Paranormal 5 Fiction, Medical 1
Action-Adventure 4 Fiction, Military 1
Romantic Suspense 4    
Non-Fiction 3

Suspense / Thriller 3

Children's Fiction 2

Fiction, Humor 1

Romantic Comedy 2

Fiction, Medical 1

Fiction, Military 1

Romance, Young Adult 1

       
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