I'm a musician and can relate to the Kindle Unlimited problem. It's very difficult to make any money streaming. No one buys albums at all anymore. Spotify pays .007 per song play. So if someone listens to your 10 song album. You get about 7 cents..... it's outrageous.
And that's if you do it independently. That might be an hour of someone's time. Sure, there is replay value, but to even come close to what is make on selling an album (where i make about 7 bucks). You're talking 1000 streamed songs to make 7 dollars.
Which means you need a million steamed songs a month to make 7000 a month.... and that's if you do everything yourself. Have a band and multiply that by everyone involved.
At least in music you can also perform in music, but that's not passive at all, and it hasn't kept up with inflation at all. The same clubs that paid 200 bucks in the late 70s; pay 200 bucks now.
I hope writing doesn't go the same path, but it seems it is already on its way.
And that's if you do it independently. That might be an hour of someone's time. Sure, there is replay value, but to even come close to what is make on selling an album (where i make about 7 bucks). You're talking 1000 streamed songs to make 7 dollars.
Which means you need a million steamed songs a month to make 7000 a month.... and that's if you do everything yourself. Have a band and multiply that by everyone involved.
At least in music you can also perform in music, but that's not passive at all, and it hasn't kept up with inflation at all. The same clubs that paid 200 bucks in the late 70s; pay 200 bucks now.
I hope writing doesn't go the same path, but it seems it is already on its way.
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