How much money can a novel author make?
The amount of money an author could earn from a novel depended on many factors, including the popularity of the novel, the publication cycle, sales volume, pricing, market value, and so on. Under normal circumstances, the total income of a novel author could be divided into three parts: publishing income, adaptation income, and online income. The publishing income referred to the income from the publication and sales of the novel, including discounts in bookstores, e-book sales, physical book sales, and so on. The profit from adaptation referred to the profit from adapting a novel into a movie, television series, animation, and other forms. Online revenue referred to the revenue from sharing, spreading, and purchasing novels on the Internet, including website traffic, advertising revenue, paid reading, and so on. In reality, the total profit of a novel author may vary due to a variety of factors. In addition, the author also had to consider the time, method, and frequency of payment. Therefore, the amount of money a novel author could earn was very limited. He had to consider many factors.