How much can I realistically expect to make at Third Millennium Publishing?
Business on the INTERNET has improved dramatically since we first went online. However, as we noted earlier in this information series, selling on the INTERNET is not a panacea for the problem of putting food on ones table. It is not unusual for new vendors on the net to make very little their first few months in business. And, if you have written a book that does not have wide appeal, you may stay at that level for quite a long time. On the other hand, if you advertise diligently and have written a book with wide appeal, then you can expect to make a respectable amount of money. The secret on the INTERNET is that you get to keep most of the money from the sale, whereas in bookstores, you only get a small percentage of the purchase price. To date, the record check we have written to one of our clients was $1000 for three weeks of book sales. We hasten to add, however, that this particular client has a very good publicity machine working for him. As a benchmark, Michael McCollum’s book
