Post by account_disabled on Dec 27, 2023 1:38:17 GMT -5
Yes: how much do you earn with a book ? It's a question many people ask themselves. The idea of earning money by writing books is always current. When I dreamed of writing books, as a kid, I didn't think about money. Perhaps because the world of work and its economic side were still unknown to me, or perhaps because my intentions were different. Writing books. Stop. I don't know why I liked this idea or how it came about. One fine day I started sketching book covers that I wanted to write in an old school diary. And the dream of being a writer ended there, in those scribbles. As I grew up I resumed that dream of being a writer, but the question of earning never crossed my mind.
I have known for years that an author receives a percentage of sales , that if his book is sold for 20 euros, those 20 euros include the costs of printing and distribution, marketing, the costs that a publishing house must bear as a business, and finally what belongs to the author. If someone doesn't like this, it means they live on another planet. Yet when Special Data someone buys a half-kilo pack of pasta for 80 cents, he certainly imagines that those 80 cents include the costs of production and distribution, marketing, the costs of the producing company as a business, and finally what it's up to the supermarket. Why the situation should be different for books is unknown. Who makes money from the books they write? Who managed to break through. Online is full, even too many, of articles that explain how to become a successful writer , how to make it in this or that field, how to retire at 30, etc.
Fluff articles, I call them. Since authors like Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett have made it, then others, perhaps everyone, can too. But has anyone stopped to consider those contexts? Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett write in English, so they address the whole world. Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett have been translated into many languages. Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett write stories suitable for everyone, not just their country. Stephen King has also had many stories adapted into films. Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett have published several books. That's why those authors made it big. And why not everyone can make it. But there is also another detail to keep in mind. The success of others cannot be replicated. Never set out with the idea of making a living by writing books The first mistake an author can make is thinking he can make a living by publishing novels .
I have known for years that an author receives a percentage of sales , that if his book is sold for 20 euros, those 20 euros include the costs of printing and distribution, marketing, the costs that a publishing house must bear as a business, and finally what belongs to the author. If someone doesn't like this, it means they live on another planet. Yet when Special Data someone buys a half-kilo pack of pasta for 80 cents, he certainly imagines that those 80 cents include the costs of production and distribution, marketing, the costs of the producing company as a business, and finally what it's up to the supermarket. Why the situation should be different for books is unknown. Who makes money from the books they write? Who managed to break through. Online is full, even too many, of articles that explain how to become a successful writer , how to make it in this or that field, how to retire at 30, etc.
Fluff articles, I call them. Since authors like Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett have made it, then others, perhaps everyone, can too. But has anyone stopped to consider those contexts? Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett write in English, so they address the whole world. Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett have been translated into many languages. Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett write stories suitable for everyone, not just their country. Stephen King has also had many stories adapted into films. Stephen King, Joe Lansdale and Ken Follett have published several books. That's why those authors made it big. And why not everyone can make it. But there is also another detail to keep in mind. The success of others cannot be replicated. Never set out with the idea of making a living by writing books The first mistake an author can make is thinking he can make a living by publishing novels .