I serve once again a number of salad. Approximately 140,000
authors registered with the VG-word. Assuming that can live in this occupational group, only 1% of the art itself (as with all artists) and financed the rest of the roll with other work, then living in Germany about 1400 authors from writing alone.
The paperback author will receive a fee, which usually starts at 5% of the retail net sales price. In a paperback price of 8.95 € 0.42 € are the per book. Among the most paperback books only up to 5,000 copies are sold. My House, my car, my horse is not there. Not even the rent.
who believes now, authors can live from writing, which provides that he is wrong. 99% can not.
I mix now also a few numbers to work in the mess. Since I can not rely on statistics, I use my own. For research, planning and working manuscript for a 450-page novel Dühnfort I need including review and consultation with the editing and proofreading the galley proofs of 1200-1400 hours. So at least 100 hours a month if I take about 1 year time. Since I, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year working on my books, are the average about 3.5 hours a day. There
Nearly 100,000 new publications every year on the German book market. Source:
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