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7 Different Ways I Make Money From Writing Online

Get paid for typing.

Mark Willis
4 min readJul 19, 2024
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I made my first online money from a little book I wrote and published on Amazon.

This was five years ago, in September 2018.

It was a short sci-fi novel that I’d spent two months writing.

Three days after my book went live, I checked my Kindle dashboard and saw my first sale. I was elated.

That first sale netted me a $1.05 royalty, which isn’t much.

But it was enough to instill the belief that I could make real money on the internet.

Over the years, I’ve earned a good income online, with most of it coming from writing.

Here are some ways I’ve been paid for typing on the keyboard.

Published Books

As I mentioned, I’ve been self-publishing books on Amazon for over five years.

For a long time, it was just a side hustle that helped pay the bills.

However, in 2021, I invested more time and money into this business and saw tremendous growth.

So far, through KDP, I’ve earned over $100k in lifetime sales.

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