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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Here's my answer and I can't say it any less bluntly than this.
If you're a writer working with profit in mind then you are royally, unstoppably, irrevocably f**ked.
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I disagree. J.A. Konrath is *raking* in money with kindlebooks. Most of which are also available for free on his website. And while he's potentially writing for the joy of writing, he's also very very much wanting to get paid--that's why he releases them to the world instead of to his friends. Konrath found that (1) LOTS of people will pay half the price of a double-cappucino for an ebook, if (2) the cover is eye-catching & the description is compelling, and (3) he doesn't fret over free copies floating around somewhere.
The problem isn't "writers can't get paid;" it's "writers can't expect to get paid for the same actions/products that used to be profitable."
There are more opportunities to get paid for writing than there were 20 years ago. Lots more. But they're not the same ones that used to exist, and some of the old ones are falling off, and "more opportunities" doesn't mean "more than 10% of would-be pro writers are ever going to make a living at it."