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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
Wow, a whole 5 percent? Not sure which Third World country they could afford to live in on that, lol. I don't knock indie books for those who enjoy them, but let's not kid ourselves that we're talking about a "professional" livelihood for copy editors stemming from the hope of 5 percent of sales and such.
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Throw me some slack, Maggie!
Those figures were suggestions and open to negotiation. But anyway, if one reckons that the author works for, say, a year to produce his book, and the cover artist, say, two weeks, then the ratios are roughly 50:2 which is 4%!
For many indie authors, we're not talking about a "professional" livelihood either. How many indies do you suppose actually live off their books? Not even all main-line authors (i.e. ones with a publishing house behind them) do that.