Very little. Aside from high-profile/best-selling authors who do make a decent amount of money, the vast majority of writers do it because they love doing it, not because they expect to become rich.
Very little. Aside from high-profile/best-selling authors who do make a decent amount of money, the vast majority of writers do it because they love doing it, not because they expect to become rich.
Now you can publish independently through Kindle or through learnpub. Would that not cut out the intermediary fees?
not by much, kindle authors earn 70% royalty only if they price the book between $3-$10.
outside that range they get 35% royalty
so it is marginally better, but overall I cannot say that anyone got rich off of slaving away for Amazon Kindle, Inc