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Posted on Jan 19, 2014

Write On The Money?

Most writers earn less than £600 a year, says new survey.

by UpperDec

Community Contributor

A survey reported in The Guardian says, of 9,000 authors polled by Digital Book World, 54% of traditionally-published authors and almost 80% of go-it-alone writers are making less than $1,000 (£600) a year.

Only a very small proportion – 0.7% of self-published writers, 1.3% of traditionally-published, and 5.7% of hybrid writers – reported making more than $100,000 (£61,000) a year from their writing.