Sean Dollwet is a new type of author — and he is rich. The 28-year-old claims to earn six figures a year, making him a millionaire.
“I’ve published over 100 books,” he said. “And every single one has been ghostwritten.”
Dollwet is part of an emerging group of internet entrepreneurs making money from books. They outsource the writing and cover design, publish under a pen name, upload the book onto the online marketplace — and then, apparently, watch the money rolling in.
The “writing” process is relatively simple. First they use free software to see what keywords customers are searching for on Amazon. They choose a niche with as little competition as possible but with high sales, which is then used as the topic of
