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The E-Book Wars

Planet Money

CHAPTER

How to Make a Living as a Writer

Ebooks have turned former allies into bitter enemies, fighting over every penny. Publishers who sell books like Kathy's and libraries who put them in the hands of millions of readers. If everyone is giving your book away, how can you ever hope to make a living as a writer? Others like Kathy don't get much say in this issue.

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