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A full time writer who doesn't write books that a LOT of people want to buy shouldn't be shocked even if they made nothing. Just because you write something doesn't mean you are entitled to be able to make a living from it. Now if a lot of people bought the books and because of bad contract terms the publisher made a lot of money but you only got a pittance, now that would be shocking. I mean shocking that your agent let you sign something with such bad terms. Fire the agent.
Blaming bookstores and libraries for allowing potential customers to read your books is just wrongheaded. I've found a lot of new favorite authors whose books became autobuys by reading my first book by that author in a library or bookstore. I browse the stores a lot picking up things that look interesting and sometimes if the author is good I get hooked and pulled into the book. After reading that book I'm likely to search out other titles by that author and often buy a bunch all at once to take home. Of course if the book was only so-so probably not, so that book was a lost sale. Solution: write better books.
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