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Lang asked Ian Doescher:

How do authors earn money?

Ian Doescher Publishing advances plus royalties is how authors make money from books, at least this author. That said, I'm still not a full-time author; making *lots* of money as an author is something you should ask Stephen King or J.K. Rowling about. :-)

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