I believe it should be states' rights and I think the states should make the decision. They're more capable of making the decision, Trump told ABCâs Good Morning America Friday, adding later, I think many things actually should be statesâ rights, but this is a perfect example of it..
DragonImages/iStock/Getty Images. Based on 2013 revenue, the top publishing companies in the world form a diverse group that includes Pearson, Reed Elsevier, Thomson-Reuters, Wolters Kluwer and Random House. Together, this top five earned approximately $31 billion in 2013.
Using that, and the PW numbers, we come out that a handful of bestselling self-published authors will hit 300,000 copies per year, per title. Maybe a hundred of the rest will hit 30,000. They're usually publishing their books at about $4.99 per copy. And they get 70% of that, or $3.50.