I think it is specifically self publishing, as I'm pretty sure almost all if not all of the increase in romance writers breaking 6 figures is with some amount o

I think it is specifically self publishing, as I'm pretty sure almost all if not all of the increase in romance writers breaking 6 figures is with some amount of self publishing in their stable. Many romance houses (Harlequin etc) famously don't pay a ton to their writers outside a few big names, but when you can charge $2.99 to self publish a book and get $2 of that, that can generate a TON of income really quickly. Especially if you can put out 3-4 of those books a year.