Larry Garfield wrote:
If a plumber fixes your toilet, he gets paid once.
A plumber came recently to fix our hot water system. It took him less than one hour. He got paid about $100.
If a writer writes a book, he gets paid n times, where n is a (hopefully for him) ever-increasing number.
I write a book (actually, I've written several). It takes me on average seven or eight months' full-time work. You buy a copy of my book, I get $1.50-$2.25. For me to get the same rate of pay as a plumber, I would need to sell 70,000 copies of each book. I should be so lucky.
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