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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
And the harmful part of it is that almost EVERY budding author out there assumes he/she WILL BE IN THAT 1 percent! It's almost a guaranteed part of the dream and sometimes it's all that keeps a person writing (success will come. Just keep writing...)
For some, it may be more helpful to set more attainable goals. But be that as it may, it is some data and data in and of itself is not bad. It's not a bad thing to know that some self-published authors are finding a way to make a living. It's also not a bad thing to realize that not all trad published or self-published are--and in fact, most aren't.
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I agree.
Many people interpret these numbers as saying that if they become a self-published author they are more likely to be successful than if they get published by a big five publishing house, even though they say nothing of the sort because they don't address the question.
What these numbers do make clear is that successful self-published authors are likely to be more successful than successful big five published authors, but that says nothing about the likelihood of such success.