That's just survivorship bias. You only read about the very few authors that found success. The Author's Guild survey of 5,000+ authors[1], the largest such su

That's just survivorship bias. You only read about the very few authors that found success. The Author's Guild survey of 5,000+ authors[1], the largest such survey ever conducted, found an author's median earnings is $6,080 per year. 1. https://authorsguild.org/news/authors-guild-survey-shows-drastic-42-percent-decline-in-authors-earnings-in-last-decade/ https://authorsguild.org/news/authors-guild-survey-shows-dra...