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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
That's the point of the article. A 2k to 5k PER YEAR advances don't do a thing to solve the problem. The one author has years where he makes 70k and years where he makes 7k. And this is after YEARS of publishing traditionally. In the early years he was probably making 2k or nothing.
I'm reading a blog of an author right now who is waiting to see if his current book will be accepted. He has contracts and all the usual bells and whistles, but there's still an acceptance process. The thing has been sitting with his publisher for a couple of months already. He might find out if it's accepted and a pub date in another 6 months. Meanwhile, he has that day job, does some self-publishing, etc. This is not a career for the feint of heart.
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To be blunt: for many it is not a career, just a dream.
A dream that often dies of corporate "nurturing".
Small wonder that many newcomers aren't bothering to submit to the ancien regime anymore.
(Georestrictions, mandatory DRM, wars with retailers... The corporate types sure know how to help their... vic... authors...)