Comment on Copyright Doesn’t Provide A ‘Living’ For A Successful Author

• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It says she earned $3400/year since she began writing the book (2012) and that her book is in the top 20% of book sales. Yes, it’s an unsustainable amount of money to support yourself on, clearly. You could earn more money stocking shelves at the grocery store.

  But here’s the thing: she wrote one book in a decade!

  Nora Roberts, at the peak of her career, was writing one book a month (now she’s only writing one book every three months in her 70s)! And the great thing about writing is that it builds momentum: the more you write, the better you get at writing, the faster you can write a book, the more you build a name for yourself, the more sales each of your books get.

  There’s no problem here. Anyone who wants to can publish a book! You don’t have to go through a big publisher and collect a tiny royalty. You don’t have to take an advance. Just self-publish and keep all the profits yourself!

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  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No, I meant my pluralistic link. What does that one say?

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