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Originally Posted by sirbruce
And that's your preference. STOP PROJECTING YOUR PREFERENCE ON OTHER WRITERS AS IF WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS WRONG.
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May be as an author he should stop, but as a reader he has the full right to do so. I am not advocating writing for free, but when an author tells on this board I should be paid enough to support my lifestyle so I should continue to write it grates me. First of all what is enough for you?
Big boat and a house in Maldives in addition to Ney York flat or you would be ok with what average American worker makes? If your expectation high- write more and write better, nobody should pay $25 for an averagish or derivative work, just so the author who produces 1 book a year without having any talent, will live of it. You know the saying "Don't quit your day job"? Well for some authors out there it is very valid suggestion.
If you are good and can sell 50K copies, not a big number by the way for decent author, then $2 from book should earn you $100K first year and whatever demand will be for years after that , to the limit set by current copyright law.
Not enough for YOU, write a second book, if you cannot don't complain that your lifestyle doesn't go up.