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It's not the slightest bit misleading. It's an honest and direct question. There are a lots of artists making an income from their copyrighted work. How will they continue to make money off their work in a world with no copyright?
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Okay, here's a direct answer then, you can disagree with all you want that's your right.
1. Authors already earning their main income outside writing litterature would have a pretty unchanged situation. They'd be doing it because of Mastery, Wanting to contribute etc. (as in the movie I linked before).
2. The small percentage of full time authors, would either have to earn their income through the following ways:
a) Devicing a way of earning money through derivatives. Either from getting their work spread far and wide enough they get a solid fanbase that wants to:
Support the author through donation
Buy original products signed by the author which can't really be duplicated successfully
Buy luxury editions or memorabiliae which a high production cost which wouldnt make much sense replicating.
Sell cheap low income paperbacks for those wanting a cheap bound copy, where the author wouldnt make much pr. book, maybe a dollar, but it'd appeal to those who enjoy reading an actual book compared to copy paper, and having a physical representation on a shelf, but not being a fan enough to buy an actual luxury edition.
b) through having a product with enough value adding that it'd not make sense to copy it.
It could be a Picture book (as we've seen in a previous example was very successfull by taking advantage of pirating), or it could be a book that ties in with an ecosystem. Buying this book entitles you to join chat sessions with the author. Buying this book gives you a free ticket for the authors tour. It could be giving you early access to the book, or giving you discounts on previous works from the authors.
These are all models that has already proven to be capable of generating income in other markets, or in the book industry itself.
Thats how they'd make money, some wont be capable of innovating and they won't make money. But wherever there's a need and you can reach people, you can make money.