on Self Publishing Advice:
Self-Publishing is the best solution to low author earnings and it’s time this was more widely recognized in the literary and publishing industries. These days, authorship is a business, not a career says ALLi Director Orna Ross. But the literary, publishing and creative industries are failing to recognize this, and so failing to best support authors who want to make a living from writing.
Best Solution to Low Author Earnings: Follow The Money
There is an old business saying: follow the money to see the true story. If we follow the money in publishing, from the perspective of authors, what story does it tell us?
This is the typical money trail in trade publishing:
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Thanks for sharing this, Chris. Here’s what I just wrote at the ALLi blog:
I’m late coming to this article–I save so many, and sometimes don’t get back to them in a timely manner. This is a powerful article, making me rethink my recent efforts to get a traditional publishing contract. I published traditionally in the 1980s and 1990s–found myself deep in the throes of traditional-publishing misery. (I tell a little of my story in this post, https://justcanthelpwriting.com/2018/12/17/myths-and-truths-about-traditional-publishing-what-it-was-like-for-me/). I retrieved my rights once I retired and found publishing my books digitally on Amazon and Smashwords quite easy, and creating a print copy not all that hard. I have been thinking that being traditionally published again would enhance my credentials, but then so would becoming a successful indie author. When I think that I could have my new books out there for readers in a matter of days. . . . You’ve really made me think.
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Thanks for sharing that, Virginia 😃
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