Making a living by writing is as rare as being a billionaire

Re:Making a living by writing is as rare as being a billionaire by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @01:59PM (#40514806)

The assumption of one book per five years isn't reasonable for a full-time writer making their living off of writing.

Most full-time authors that I know of write more like a book per year. Averaging more than one per year isn't uncommon. They also have a large back catalog of books that each trickle in some royalties to supplement what they're making off of new books.

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Re:Making a living by writing is as rare as being a billionaire by vidarh on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @04:18PM (#40516513)

I agree with that - those who live of writing who wrote few books are likely the highest sellers.

But that said, in the UK the average full time writer earns less than minimum wage from their writing (but have higher than average household income)

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Re:Making a living by writing is as rare as being a billionaire by j0hnyl on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @02:26PM (#40515125)

I don't know many people who make a living a writing, but the ones that I do know rarely make a living from writing books.

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