I wish biographies spent 10x as much time on the “struggle years” and 1/10 the time on the “now they are rich and successful and donating to a bunch of charities” years
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That’s probably one of the reasons why I loved the Wright Brothers biography so much. It was a masterpiece.
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If authors could make 10x-100x what they do from books, that might be possible. Author income surveys vary quite a bit, but even among people published by major publishers, very very few exceed more than a few $10k per year of work on a book.
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A good example, comparable to results in other surveys is this. Median for traditional publication is less than $10k per year. Less for self-publication. It's a miracle books are as good as they are.pic.twitter.com/5ZAkM71ebG
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