Free review of Lion available online, sold as a Kindle ebook for $5, earned 15k

[conv3rsion]

in 24 hours.

Ars Technica's OS X Lion review made $15,000 in 24 hours on the Kindle - TNW Media

time to start publishing shit on amazon.

 

[ncmedia]

I have about 10 titles on Amazon/Kindle, ranging in different niches (mostly older projects from clickbank ebook days) and it brings in beer money. I DO think that you can make good coin from it you just have to be unique and creative - I'm sure you guys remember the chick from a few months back that made boatloads with her kids stories on kindle...

 

[JakeStratham]

Semi-relevant:

Konrath is a prolific writer who focuses heavily on publishing through Amazon. He occasionally posts numbers regarding his sales. A few notable posts:

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Time Investment

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: The Numbers Game

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Ebook Pricing

 

[conv3rsion]

Good stuff guys

 

[CLKeenan]

I'd think that mac owners are more likely to have disposable income/lazy/like to be spoon fed so this makes more sense. PC owners would be less likely to buy a $5 kindle book for Windows 8 or whatever the fuck its gonna be called.

 

[cL0ckwork_Red]

And unfortunately, freelancer John Siracusa will not share directly in the proceeds, but Fisher says that Ars gives him “what he wants and more.”

Johnny Boy really needs to reconsider his future options.