Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy

Re:Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy by ghaff on Sunday December 20, 2020 @12:32PM (#25487920)

Of course, the fact that it's easy to publish on those platforms doesn't mean it's easy to make more than beer money on them. (And, truth be told, even a publishing contract for a book often doesn't mean you'll make a significant sum of money.)

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Re:Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy by WalterBright on Sunday December 20, 2020 @06:31PM (#25490627)

> even a publishing contract for a book often doesn't mean you'll make a significant sum of money.

So true. Very, very few published authors don't also need a real job to pay the bills. JK Rowling is a unicorn.

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Re:Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy by ghaff on Sunday December 20, 2020 @06:42PM (#25490696)

My experience in the tech industry writing tech-ish books is that they've been very good for my career. Also. The direct money I've made from them has been a rounding error even though the one I've done through a publisher was apparently successful enough they asked me to do a new edition.

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Re:Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy by WalterBright on Sunday December 20, 2020 @06:57PM (#25490770)

You're right, the indirect benefits can be career-making for tech books.

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