Authors Playing the Long-Game in Tough Book Market, Survey Finds | Digital Book World

While we again observed a strong positive relationship between authors' satisfaction and their earnings in this year's survey, we also found different levels of income associated with higher satisfaction for different modes of publishing. Framing those findings in terms of how authors manage the risks and reap the rewards of their endeavors, it's possible to speculate this time around that many are nurturing longer-term business outlooks than traditional publishers tend to do, possibly in response to a challenging market.