Writing books is not really a good idea

Re:Writing books is not really a good idea by Semiapies on Monday May 10, 2021 @06:23PM (#27111619)

From TFA: "There are thousands of paid fiction authors on Patreon but only 25 earn more than $1,000/month".

  $1000 * 12 < $100,000

But I get that HN isn't a place for usefully discussing this sort of issue, because it's packed with the people who are absolutely certain they'll be one of those 25.

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Re:Writing books is not really a good idea by nicolas_t on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @01:44AM (#27114617)

The numbers the author gives for patreon are blatantly false though. There's a few posts down in the thread of people like me who are wondering where those numbers come from.

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Re:Writing books is not really a good idea by nly on Monday May 10, 2021 @08:03PM (#27112525)

Those authors could have other sources of income than Patreon though

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Re:Writing books is not really a good idea by Semiapies on Monday May 10, 2021 @08:07PM (#27112553)

Yes, what's commonly called "day jobs".

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