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1. Only three books a day???

Wed Sep 20, 2023, 08:39 PM

Sep 2023

How is an honest writer supposed to support himself on only 3 books a day?

Sarcasm aside, wouldn’t 3 books a year be more realistic?

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Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2023 OP

Only three books a day??? ret5hd Sep 2023 #1

Maybe a little more than that. tinrobot Sep 2023 #13

Good points. I think if they can come up with a fair compromise it would jimfields33 Sep 2023 #14

I'm working on 3 books and it's two years and still going. GreenWave Sep 2023 #2

Should be not more than 3 a year. LiberalFighter Sep 2023 #3

Daniel Steele Old Crank Sep 2023 #9

Publishing is saturated bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #5

How about one book every three months? Martin68 Sep 2023 #6

I have gotten really cautious about reading new books, unless they are by PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #7

Ohhhhh man, what a mess AI is going to be! mysteryowl Sep 2023 #10

Money elias7 Sep 2023 #12

There's an Amazon alternative we might want to use: coffeenap Sep 2023 #15

Didn't know about this! Thanks for the tip FakeNoose Sep 2023 #16

Is the "work stolen from real writers"? milestogo Sep 2023 #17