WASHINGTON: The digital era is cutting into income for book authors, making it more difficult to live off writing alone, a survey by the Authors Guild said.
The survey said income for full-time US authors in 2015 fell 30% from 2009 to US$17,500 (RM74,319), and part-time authors saw a 38% drop in income to US$4,500 (RM19,110).
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