Author Earnings & Careers

Earlier this year, a viral TikTok post sparked an online petition by authors demanding that Amazon change its returns policy.

The US chain plans to stock fewer hardcovers‚ especially children’s titles, which will force publishers and authors to re-evaluate their publishing and marketing strategies.

The author’s new hardcover book won’t be stocked by Barnes & Noble. She understands the business plight of the chain, but worries about collateral damage to authors and young readers alike.

Publishers are often accused of insufficiently supporting their midlist authors. The situation may be worse than usual.

Barriers to widespread adoption of NFTs include cryptocurrency, environmental concerns, transaction fees, and poorly defined value to the reader.

The book industry discusses how to imbue NFTs with value and meaning for readers.

The biggest US book wholesaler and distributor, Ingram, anticipates book price inflation this year

Given that Spotify is moving more into spoken-word content, including podcasts and audiobooks, the following case is worth watching.

Author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk’s self-help book Twelve and a Half (Harper Business), released on November 30, has sold nearly a half million hardcovers during its first week on sale

Publishers need to closely collaborate with their authors if they expect that author's large social media following to sell books.

What does creativity have to do with business? A lot, it turns out. It’s just a different kind of creativity than you engage with when you write.

Does library lending help or hurt author and publisher income? The debate continues.

Just in August, we reported on the growing sales of hardcover print on demand through IngramSpark. The country’s biggest distributor advised publishers of all sizes

Recently, a well-established romance author posted a warning in a private Facebook group that they had an unfavorable experience with the publisher of the KISS app

Here are the most common arguments against teaching the business of writing in an MFA program—and why such arguments are flawed.

the fine print in the official rules contained a rights grab—giving Medium “an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive, sublicensable, assignable” license to all entries

For the most recent fiscal year ending June 30, HarperCollins (the second largest publisher in the US) reported record high sales and profits.

Curious Fictions, a Patreon-like site devoted to fiction writers, is closing its doors. We only just reported on the site in May, although the site has been in operation since 2017.

Agents are urging publishers to offer a greater share of audiobook royalties beyond the standard 25 percent net (the same as ebooks).

A look at how the sources of my income shifted between 2016–2020, with online teaching now earning the lion's share.

The UK’s largest retailer of used books, World of Books Group, has partnered with other used booksellers to launch AuthorSHARE.

However, with most platforms, creators have to shoulder the payment processing fees. That isn’t true, however, of Curious Fictions.

Zoop will offer the usual crowdfunding services but also offer separate support services to help people succeed with their campaigns.

What you earn is about what business model you can envision or build for yourself and whether it's sustainable for you over the long term.

You may recall last year’s case of Alan Dean Foster, who stopped receiving royalties for his Star Wars and Alien novelizations.