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Originally Posted by HarryT
Not all writing is the same, Moejoe. When I wrote my physics textbooks, I did so for crass commercial reasons - to make money. I got a contract for it, I wrote the books, I got paid. Simple as that. No "passion" involved, I'm afraid. It was a job, like any other.
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Now you're onto something with what you said. You were paid for a job, a job I could no more do than most (I am clueless when it comes to science). What you were doing was providing a specialized service and that kind of fixed payment for work done model will continue unabated in the future. Not everyone can write a physics book, most people can write fiction (look at Dan Brown).
In fact I'd think most writers would love the contract work as described above, I know I would have little problem with it if I was paid a living wage to produce X amount of books per year for a company. Because then it is a job, there is no pretense to art or passion, which the publishing industry still seems to hold onto.