Authors don't make a living from their work now. I've known many authors and they all do it as a side gig.. to promote their career while making a few extra buc

Authors don't make a living from their work now. I've known many authors and they all do it as a side gig.. to promote their career while making a few extra bucks. None of them were even close to doing it for a living. If you want to encourage writing you'll need a different system than copyright.