Authors remuneration

In early August, after Andrew Lipstein published The Vegan, his sophomore novel, a handful of loved ones asked if he planned to quit his day job in product design at a large financial technology company.  Read more

If you want to be the person who supports yourself with your writing career, then it's time to take a good look at money and how you are going to harness the inherent power of your creative work via your financial habits. It doesn't matter if you haven't made a cent for your creative work thus far.  Read more

Since your first title sold 10,000 copies in its debut month, you've been able to quit your day job and pivot to making writing your full-time profession. As reliable as the sunrise, a royalty check finds its way into your mailbox each month. Your phone pings hourly to let you know that yet another reader has shared your book on social media.  Read more

The common wisdom tells us that time is money, but for a writer, money is time.  Read more

In the last month, there have been a few informative articles discussing how much authors earn:

The One Where Writing Books Is Not Really a Good Idea by Elle Griffin (Substack)
How Much Do Authors Make Per Book? by Sarah Nicolas (BookRiot)
How Much Do Authors Actually Earn? by Lincoln Michel (Substack)  Read more