Five ways to boost Australian writers’ earnings
- Written by Rebecca Giblin, ARC Future Fellow; Associate Professor, Monash University
By changing our approach to author rights, we can help writers earn more.shutterstock
Who makes the money in publishing? Nobody. This often repeated dark joke highlights a serious issue. The most recent figures show that Australian authors earn just $12,900 a year from writing work (the median, at $2,800, was even worse). Indeed, authors can gross...