I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction books

Re:I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction... by baby on Thursday April 28, 2022 @04:21AM (#31190012)

That’s not what passive income is. Passive income is earning by doing nothing, which is what happens when you write a book.

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Re:I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction... by pjc50 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @04:59AM (#31190214)

I can hear my author friends gathering to beat you to death with hardbacks at the suggestion that writing a book is "doing nothing".

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Re:I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction... by emteycz on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:08AM (#31190719)

I can hear my author friends gathering to beat you with hardbacks at the suggestion they're wage-slaving, too!

More seriously, I agree it's hard to write a book - but I don't think you can claim it's just like normal job when you wrote it in 3 months and it keeps earning you money for years and it's more than a full-time job would earn you.

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Re:I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction... by pjc50 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @08:23AM (#31191630)

> I don't think you can claim it's just like normal job when you wrote it in 3 months and it keeps earning you money for years and it's more than a full-time job would earn you.

No, but that definitely puts you in the 1% of authors!

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Re:I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction... by emteycz on Thursday April 28, 2022 @11:01AM (#31193294)

Not me, unfortunately... And I live in a low CoL area, so my friends aren't rich either

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Re:I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction... by baby on Thursday April 28, 2022 @07:31AM (#31191251)

I’m actually an author and I’m getting paid continuously for zero work now. I totally categorize my books as passive income.

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