My earnings as an author...

2012

$16.16

2013

$43

2014

$269.99, some of it unpaid in that year ($85.27 subtracted out because it was not earned yet).

2015

$254.66 earned by Oct. 21st.

Total:

Almost $500.

(But note also that I'm trying to dig myself out of the money I spent on Authorhouse, which was probably at least $1200. So, technically I'm still in the hole). My current publisher (Amazon/ CreateSpace) is the only reason I have any earnings potential, besides the content of my books.

The above includes both texts and e-books.

Notice, the exponential curve has dropped off.  I suspect this is because of poor marketing from my publisher.

But, at least the year has not been worse than last, if I assume some continued sales in Nov - Dec.

My author page may be found at: http://www.amazon.com/author/nathancoppedge 
notably I have not sold copies of The Structure of Philosophical Revolutions yet (It's been about a week or two).

If book sales increase at an exponential pace of 650% per year, as they have this year

then I may be a millionaire in 6 years!

"That would crack some toast!"

Second bets are Hyper-Cubism and perpetual motion.

I literally may have the equivalent of at least $10,000 or more of artwork in my apartment, even if the drawings are worth only $10 /each. If they're worth $100 each, I may easily have $1 Million worth of artwork, counting the paintings, which have already sold in the triple digits.