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Old 08-13-2015, 10:28 PM   #78
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy View Post
I read that figure somewhere. Do you think it is higher or lower?
Slightly lower. But you're not far off the mark: in the UK it is 89%.
Only 11% earn all their income by writing:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...se-alcs-survey

US and canadian numbers are similar.

67% of US author incomes fall below the poverty line:

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/15/bo...00-a-year.html

In Canada it is 81%:

http://www.teleread.com/writing/cana...income-crisis/

And it has *always* been that way:

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/15/bo...00-a-year.html

There is a reason why "don't quit the day job" is entrenched in the public consciousness.
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