: Re: Reasonable income expectations from fiction book sales only I have been considering writing as a fiction novelist. However, the impression of difficulty in making a reasonable living as a fiction

@Sherry594

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The range is enormous, but the average income for published authors is spectacularly low—around 0 a year. No missing zero. Five hundred.

The tiny minority who hit the bestseller lists will do quite well. Many novels sell movie rights. Most are never made into movies, but if you are lucky enough to see your book turned into a major movie, of course you will do very well by it.

Being able to self-publish has increased the percentage royalties the author can earn (70% versus under 10% with traditional publishing), but the competition is enormous (over three million books on Kindle), and the competition stays in print forever.

Still, the odds are better than a lottery!

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