I guess being a writer has always been tough though.

Well this is depressing.

But it is in the nature of corporatism to externalise costs wherever possible. The costs of living as a writer get passed on – writers teach, edit, review, ghost-write, cab-drive, put out in myriad ways so that they may write the books that support the global corporate entity that is modern-day publishing.

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-lament-for-modern-publishing-1.2292101