• @Pipoca@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Keep in mind, that’s just the people famous enough to have English Wikipedia articles.

    There’s no way 1 in 10 people in Iceland are full-time professional authors publishing a book every year.

    In the US, most authors I personally know write for fun and have a novel or few on something like wattpad and they’ve made exactly $0 on it.

    • Flying Squid
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      Yep. My mom has written multiple published novels but she considers it something she does for fun more than anything.