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Nowadays nobody writes books for money so yes, it hurts only Amazon.

• giaour 2y ago
  That's not true. Just like in every other time, many authors rely on multiple income streams, but book sales are an important part of that. Amazon would love for your assertion to be true, but we're not there yet.
  • belter 2y ago
    Sorry...it is: "The median author income for full-time authors from their books was $10,000 in 2022" - https://authorsguild.org/news/key-takeaways-from-2023-author-income-survey/ https://authorsguild.org/news/key-takeaways-from-2023-author... "Nobody makes money from books" - https://malwarwick-98471.medium.com/nobody-makes-money-from-books-f103b27827d8 https://malwarwick-98471.medium.com/nobody-makes-money-from-... Exceptions and wildly successful authors are just the exceptions that confirm the status quo.
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• tene80i 2y ago
  A wild, unsupported claim. And even if any particular author doesn’t make a full living out of writing, that doesn’t mean you’re hurting them by not paying.