The median income for self-published authors increased substantially in 2022 compared to 2021, to $12,749 last year—more than the median for authors published by traditional houses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Marvel at the median income at Google and Facebook, but remember: Reducing the pay of tens of thousands of people to a single number has its shortcomings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-05-21 16:36:43 UTC ]
The recent Authors Guild survey showed that median income for fulltime writers in 2017 was $20,300. The numbers get worse from there. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Retailer insists Authors Guild report that criticised the online giant for contributing to tumbling writers’ incomes used flawed figures, but Guild stands by findingsAmazon has called the conclusions of a recent report into US author earnings flawed, after the Authors Guild suggested that the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Guild survey finds writers’ incomes have fallen dramatically in five years – with literary novelists worst-hitA major survey of American authors has uncovered a crash in author earnings described as “a crisis of epic proportions” – particularly for full-time literary writers, who are “on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers, championed by Philip Pullman, may object to attending literary gatherings for free. But the events help to sustain a reading culturePhilip Pullman became cheerleader for a growing band of refuseniks last week when he resigned as president of the Oxford literary festival because it... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Guild says median income for members has fallen 24% in five years, with piracy, Amazon and publishing economies contributing to slump in earningsThe earnings of more than half of American authors fell below the US federal poverty level last year, according to a survey from the Authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A survey of nearly 2,500 writers has shown that median income of a working author last year was just £11,000, down by 29% since 2005A new breed of publishing event, a secretive curtain-raiser, designed to tease the book trade and the critics, is to take place somewhere in London on Monday... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]