Only 11.5% can now make a living wage because there are more writers, on more platforms, but with total reader&#x27;s remaining roughly similar. And a lot of these writers are using self-publishing platforms like Amazon.<p>Nobody is forcing writers to use traditional publishers. If they&#x27;re only giving you 25% of the ebook revenue then move to Amazon who do either 35% or 70%[0].<p>I will say I WISH creative types (artists, writers, etc) all made a living wage, but unfortunately the market is too saturated since the barrier to entry is low-ish (although the barrier to success is higher).<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kdp.amazon.com&#x2F;help?topicId=A30F3VI2TH1FR8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kdp.amazon.com&#x2F;help?topicId=A30F3VI2TH1FR8</a>