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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I would say that it is a lot easier now to make money from writing than it has ever been in the past. Before you had to impress an agent, who then had to impress a publisher, both of which got about 95% of the profit between them. Or you could spend your life savings on self publishing and hope for the best. Now you can just write any old crap, put it on Smashwords (with nothing to pay), and wait for the money to roll in. You might not make enough to cover the time it takes to write, but it's not as if you have anything to lose.
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Exactly!
This is what everyone seems to forget. The time it takes to write a work you'll have to double and triple that time in the search for an agent and publisher, and then you're looking at 6 - 18months before publication, and then they give you 90 days before they consign you to the bargain bin of the whole industry with no second chances if you're not profitable enough (and you better cross your fingers for any actual marketing) And after all that you'll be taking home 5% - 10% of the cover price. Plus you have to give them control over your copyright. Plus you have to deal with agents and editors and various other undesirables.
Or write it, put it up for sale and have it available forever.