Taking Issue with Konrath [Updated]
I’m very happy about Konrath’s success. It’s encouraging to everybody. If I make 1/10 of what he’s making, I’ll be ecstatic. But there’s sometimes a problem with writers like Konrath or Cory Doctorow touting their success when they’re each in a very unique position. Doctorow advocates giving away books for free permanently because it’s worked for him. What he doesn’t mention is that he also runs BoingBoing, which has hundreds of thousands of readers. He’s the exception, not the rule.
Konrath is doing something similar. He’s saying that his $100,000 month is because of Amazon, not name recognition:
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