How hard is it to sell 10,000 copies of a self-published book as a new author?

Ten thousand copies? Almost impossible. As a new author? Almost certainly ain’t gonna happen. Most self-published books sell fewer than 100 copies. Many sell fewer than 10. 10,000 books is a su…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [How hard is it to sell 10,000 copies of a self-published book as a new author?]( Franklin Veaux, Published fiction and nonfiction author • [Answered August 10, 2019]( [Ten thousand copies? Almost impossible. As a new author? Almost certainly ain’t gonna happen. Most self-published books sell fewer than 100 copies. Many sell fewer than 10. ... Read more » [Upvote] 984 [Comment] 57](   [How did The Beatles achieve their tight harmonies without using auto-tune or any other pitch-correction software on their vocals?]( Roxanne Oligny, former Legal Assistant. (1979-2019) • [Updated May 21]( [Sent by Google Voice typing. 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