/lit/ - Literature

I think this chart is sort of bullshit in the sense that someone who makes $1 is in the same group as someone who makes $4,999 dollars.

>>15983347
If I cared about profit I'd open a gun store.

>>15572494
No. The fact of the matter is people who are conventionally published will have a huge advantage over you all the time. They get the marketing team, they get their books printed, in airports, in book stores, in libraries.

You self publish and you'll end up like that guy who wrote Wizardology and it'll actually be more difficult to get conventionally published.

>>13269029
Get published or follow the greentext and self-publish.
>start instagram or twitter.
>post memes relating to some niche, (could be literally anything but all relating to one theme)
>Build up a few thousand followers.
>"Hey guys, I self-published my first novel. What do you think? Free copies to all my followers.
>If it's not shit, you're in.

>>13257607
>they may have already gotten to the point where they're making a living from writing
highly unlikely

>>6505902
stay delusional, bro.

>>5012108
I have a feeling that most people who self publish just sell a couple copies to their family and friends.

According to this graph a lot of people make between $1 and $5,000