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Originally Posted by elcreative
Definitely, most authors are wealthy philanthropists to whom money is an everlastingly dirty word that infringes on their artistic integrity...  |
*sigh*
That's not what I meant.
Look. I'm writing a book, so I'm a wanna-be indie author. Like the poster that said that zie would rather sell 50 books than 20, I too would rather sell 50 books than 20 because... wait for it...
I don't expect to be able to quit my day job on my book.
Seriously. I'm doing this because I want to write a book and I hope that someone might enjoy reading it. Having 50 readers would be WAY more validating to me than 20 readers because the extra tiny bit of profit in this math problem we've set up ($50 profit versus $120 profit) is NOT going to make a difference to me. Either way, I'm not going to be made rich on my writing.
Then, the REST of my post -- which you conveniently ignored because it would have ruined the snark -- was that even if you ARE in it for the money, a broad reader base over time and with a large selection for them to buy may make MORE money than a smaller reader base.
But, you know, I kind of get the impression that you just wanted to snark. So you have me there -- I expect all artists to starve and be happy about it.
