How do book writers create wealth for themselves?

Book writers who create wealth for themselves most frequently use the books they write as a hub around which they generate other activities more conducive to making money. read more

Book writers who create wealth for themselves most frequently use the books they write as a hub around which they generate other activities more conducive to making money. I'll begin with an extreme, improbable example, because I like to remember that just because something is extremely improbable doesn't mean it isn't possible. read more

W hen historians come to write about the digital transformation currently engulfing the book-publishing world, they will almost certainly refer to Amanda Hocking, writer of paranormal fiction who in the past 18 months has emerged from obscurity to bestselling status entirely under her own self-published steam. read more

Solomon also pointed to the difference in earnings between genres: according to the survey, adult fiction writers made a mean net income of £28,809 in 2013, children’s fiction £25,614, non-fiction writers £14,135, travel writers £8,539 and academic authors £3,826. read more

Only 3 percent of all the millionaires inherited their wealth, 41 percent of all millionaires didn't go to college, their average GPA was 2.9 and only one-third of all millionaires work for themselves. And if you think money won't make you happy, 70 percent of all millionaires say money created a higher life satisfaction. read more