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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Five Ways to Boost Australian Writers’ Earnings
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'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 less than $5,000 for Miles Franklin-nominated titles that took two or more years to write.'  (Introduction)

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