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Q&A Why is it that all the bestselling indie authors are based in the US (and, to a much smaller degree, the UK)?

I find this rather strange given that the English-speaking population of the rest of the world combined is much greater than that of the US (even though the US is the largest single market for book...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by user394536‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:42:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41629
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar user394536‭ · 2019-12-08T10:42:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
I find this rather strange given that the English-speaking population of the rest of the world combined is much greater than that of the US (even though the US is the largest single market for books in English) and the fact that there are lots of extremely talented writers in other countries. I would have expected that at least a good number of Amazon bestseller indie authors I see would be people based in other countries, but it hasn’t been the case. I suspect it might be because books self-published by authors only tend to be visible within their own Amazon geographical sphere and are typically not displayed to US customers unless they are residing in the US.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-26T08:24:26Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 4