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Originally Posted by rcentros
As for authors getting rich -- they never have, except for the notable exceptions that have become household names. When I used to read SF (lots of it), long before eBooks, I was surprised to discover that several of my favorite authors (who seemed extremely successful) were still working day jobs.
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Yep. The British SF author Bob Shaw (alas now dead these many years) used to be a good friend of mine, and although he was a popular "mid-list" SF author, he was very far from being a wealthy man. He made a living from his writing, but I, as a not-spectacularly-well-paid computer programmer, earned more than he did. Of course he probably enjoyed his job more than I did
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