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Questions tagged [money]

This tag should be used for questions about money and finances involved in being a Writer.

This tag should be used for questions about money and finances involved in being a Writer. You should mention what aspects you are interested in, such as royalties, profits through services like those from , copyrights or general ways to make money through writing. Depending on your specific question you might also want to mention your location and the type of writing or genre you are interested in.

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How Much Can You Make From Writing a Book?

Obviously this question has a lot of different answers. I'm interested in the typical total profit that a writer might expect to see from: A NYT Bestseller A diet or self-help book that sells 100,000 copies A romance novel that sells 10,000…
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Where to check the income of the most famous US fiction writers?

Can I check that online? How much money e.g. Stehen King or some other big name is making a year?
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Is writing even profitable

I know that money isn't a good reason to write, but I am wondering if writing as a new author is even profitable anymore. What makes a book successful? It seems less that it is the story or prose and more "Oprah's Book Club" or some other major…
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