Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kristiedegaris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kristiedegaris</span></a></span> Thank you for this article. A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mustread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mustread</span></a> ⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WriterCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WriterCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a></p><p>I published <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> in Germany (with fixed prices) but it's similar. I know a famous writer with several awards who sells about 500 copies a year in the most famous literary publishing house.<br>And the money is a gross amount, freelance writers have to use it to pay for their workplace and insurances, taxes etc.</p>