By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about author earnings—self-published, traditionally published, and earnings from what writer Bob Mayer coined “hybrid writers.” I think that the chart that started it all (and the report’s data has since been questioned by a variety of writers, notably Hugh Howey), is this one from Digital Book World’s Dana Beth Weinberg last December:
Hybrid writers do come out pretty well on the chart. And I’ve seen similar data on various other charts I’ve seen.
I worry about this. Being a hybrid writer has worked for me…so far. It’s a good gig…if you can get it. But I feel like things are shifting a little bit already (as it always seems to in this business).Continue reading