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Originally Posted by Justin Nemo
I've been researching this question for some time now and arrived at the conclusion that I just don't know!
I was following a post on Linkedin recently, most of the unpublished authors were saying that in order to compete with published authors, you had to be competitive and price your work accordingly, some were selling their books for 99 cents!
Isn't that a contradiction in terms? How can you compete with a published author who has a five book deal with a publishing house and all of the support that provides? I don't understand why the word unpublished has this codicil attached to it that says you have to give your work away for nothing. Are unpublished authors really that desperate? Why do we feel that our work is any less valuable than someone who has a contract with a publisher?
I think it's time that authors (published or not) started to value their work a bit more and price accordingly. But then I guess it depends on why you write. Whether it's because you like seeing your name in print and expect to make a living from it, or if you just love to write. Either way, 99 cents won't cut it.
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Historically most of the authors(and artists) have not earned a lot of money - if any.
The fact that people putting in a lot of hours to produce(write) something does not mean their effort is rewarded in the marketplace - no difference to any other trade here ...