03-05-2012, 04:01 PM | #31 |
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Readers on the other hand just want to read enjoyable or informative books, and if writers with a day job fill that need adequately at a fraction of the cost...then that is what will happen.
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03-05-2012, 04:46 PM | #32 | |
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It's great to get that occasional check from Amazon or Smashwords, but I don't count on quitting my day job anytime soon. I take the writing seriously, but not the prospect of imminent wealth. Money is one measure of value. Most writers should also have a few other measuring tools at hand. |
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03-05-2012, 06:09 PM | #33 | |
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03-05-2012, 08:07 PM | #34 |
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03-05-2012, 09:02 PM | #35 |
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Do you mean economically or emotionally?
Economically? There have always been too many authors.
Emotionally, it doesn't take that many readers to keep an author going. |
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03-05-2012, 11:55 PM | #36 |
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"The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an author; some out of vanity, to acquire celebrity and raise up a name, others for the sake of mere gain."
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03-06-2012, 09:51 AM | #38 |
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How many readers are there? In the U.S., with our current educational system, it's a shrinking pool.
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03-06-2012, 10:22 AM | #39 |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20381678...oks-last-year/ This poll, from 2007, claims that 1 in 4 adults read no books in the past year. That means 3 in 4 did adults did read a book. It also claims that older people are less likely to read books. If the educational system was really as dire as some claim, it would be the younger people who were not reading. E-readers are popular with older people, and this could reverse some of the trend of not reading, as they can make the text as large as they want.
I keep seeing claims that 80% of adults hadn't read a book in the previous year, but they tend to be poorly cited. |
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I don't think that that is necessarily true. People do read, but many just don't have the patience or the time for books. The fact that the number of blogs keeps growing would indicate that the number of blog readers keeps increasing as well. |
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03-06-2012, 11:48 AM | #42 |
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It is ironic. Luther was complaining about the same printing press that allowed him to radically transform religion in Europe. There were many in Europe at the time that looked at Martin Luther's books and had much the same complaints.
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03-06-2012, 12:35 PM | #44 | |
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Here in Canada, an athlete can only be considered an amateur if he/she earns less than a certain amount, and that amount is not enough to live on. But anything earned above that amount in a year means that the person is now a professional athlete. If I recall, the amount is somewhere around $14,000 per annum. The same concept would apply to others as well. Earn money from your artistic endeavours, and you are a professional. Earn a lot of money, and you are a very fortunate professional. |
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