Today must be a golden age for writers. Many local libraries are struggling. With the historical source of free books in peril, writers can once again prosper!

Today must be a golden age for writers. Many local libraries are struggling. With the historical source of free books in peril, writers can once again prosper! Most fiction writers don't face a piracy problem, they face a marketing problem (nobody knows their book exists) and an economic problem (there is an abundance of supply of novels). Every new novel has to compete not just with novels released that year, but with all novels still in print. In that way it is unlike most other markets. If you make soap, you only have to compete with the soap manufacturers of today.