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Romance authors earned 170% more than their peers, while authors in other genres fared much worse: science-fiction writers earned 38% of the $10,000 average, fantasy writers 32%, and literary fiction authors just 20% of the $10,000 average.
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Seems I should start writing romances. I'm also well below the average (though comfortably above the median), but my royalties have risen significantly each year since I published my first book, and I'm quite content. I never really went into this with the idea that it would become an alternate career, and I suspect most self-published authors are in the same boat.