2013 figures in the Bookseller describe an unusual industry. They are for print titles, hardback and softback for the UK. I've rounded them.
Total sales appryearox £1.5 billion
Total titles sold (ie the number of new books now on the nation's bookshelves) approx 200m.
So:
If Amazon offers around 6m books for sale, the mean sales of any single title in a year is around 30.
If a typical author has three books on the market, a total guess, mean total sales are likely to be 90/year
If each book sells for approx £7, the mean annual income of the average author is of the order of £60.
Anecdotally: you are about as likely to earn a living from writing books as you are to play on the professional tennis circuit.
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