Since 2013, Caputo has written and released three books: There's More to Life than This: Healing Messages, Remarkable Stories, and Insight from the Other Side; You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven; and Good Grief: Heal Your Soul, Honor Your Loved Ones, and Learn to Live Again. According to Caputo's website, the first book "debuted at #2 on the New York Times best seller list." The second book debuted at no. 9 on the same list, as per The London Free Press. Her third book, Good Grief, reportedly debuted at no. 3. While these achievements speak to Caputo's popularity, what do they say about her bottom line?
Well, it's really difficult to know for sure. According to Reader's Digest, it takes an approximate 5,000 weekly book sales to make the New York Times Bestseller list. Publisher's Weekly noted that the standard publishing contract pays 10 percent per book for the first 5,000 sales, 12.5 percent from 5000 to 15,000 sales, and 15 percent after that. Vox, however, suggested that list is pretty much voodoo.
Still, we can generate a very rough earnings estimate from this. Assuming Caputo's first book cost, let's say, $15 and spent at least 17 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list, that's potentially 85,000 book sales in total. Clearly, Caputo's bank account must be happy.
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