So it all started out with me being my normal nosy self and wondering how much money everybody else was making. We put out a little poll in the lagoon.
42% of respondents made $1,000 or less in the past year. Click the picture to see in more detail.
That led to a bunch of questions from our fabulous commenters. So, we threw out those questions to everyone who dips their toes into the Waterworld Mermaid Lagoon. Here are the results. Click on any of the images to enlarge them.
Please not this is not a comprehensive survey of romance writers. I’d love to see RWA or a chapter do that kind of survey.
Thanks for doing this Avery. It’s very informative, but I agree with you, I’d love to see a similar survey done on a much larger scale to get a more accurate picture of what is happening in the market. I would also find it interesting to see what genres are the biggest sellers.
Oh, excellent point with the genres.
I’m looking forward to learning about self-publishing this weekend!!!!! Hahaha, thanks Avery Mermaid for doing this 🙂
Fascinating. I would love to see results from a much larger sample.
Love the pie charts! thanks for the info!
Avery! Thanks for this. Interesting.
Thanks, Avery! A bigger survey would be nice. Maybe RWA needs to step up.
Great stuff, Avery. Thanks for sharing!
Interesting survey. Thanks for sharing it.
Very interesting stats! Thanks for sharing!