How much money will I make from self-publishing?

[Steph]

If you're selling the book in ebook form, you stand to make a bit more money than someone trying to self-publish with physical copies. The chances of actually making "a lot of money" from this, though, are pretty slim. There are a few exceptions. There are always exceptions.

With self-publishing, your marketing is going to directly affect your sales. Self-published books do not get the same amount of hype and exposure as commercially published books do, so they are not going to have as wide an audience. The more money you put into publicity, the more money you'll make from the book (to an extent), but be aware that you may never get enough sales to cover the cost of the marketing.

If you upload your ebook to a site like Amazon, you may make a little bit of extra money from it. The only problem is that there are thousands of books available on the site. Unless someone is specifically searching for your book, they're not very likely to find it.

If you have somehting that you believe will sell, try commercial publishing fist. Use self-publishing as a second option. Good luck!