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minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·10 months agoI think there are many writers in general. There are 300,000 people, and 1 in 10 will publish a book in their lifetimes.
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minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 months agoSeems to be a few writing a lot. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Icelandic_crime_fiction_writers
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-210 months agoKeep in mind, that’s just the people famous enough to have English Wikipedia articles. There’s no way 1 in 10 people in Iceland are full-time professional authors publishing a book every year. In the US, most authors I personally know write for fun and have a novel or few on something like wattpad and they’ve made exactly $0 on it.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYep. My mom has written multiple published novels but she considers it something she does for fun more than anything.
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s ‘1 in 10 Icelanders will write and publish at least one novel at some point in their life’, not ‘one book written for every 10 Icelanders’. It’s a stat you’ll see floating around the internet, though I haven’t seen the ultimate source.
I think there are many writers in general. There are 300,000 people, and 1 in 10 will publish a book in their lifetimes.
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Seems to be a few writing a lot.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Icelandic_crime_fiction_writers
Keep in mind, that’s just the people famous enough to have English Wikipedia articles.
There’s no way 1 in 10 people in Iceland are full-time professional authors publishing a book every year.
In the US, most authors I personally know write for fun and have a novel or few on something like wattpad and they’ve made exactly $0 on it.
Yep. My mom has written multiple published novels but she considers it something she does for fun more than anything.
That’s ‘1 in 10 Icelanders will write and publish at least one novel at some point in their life’, not ‘one book written for every 10 Icelanders’.
It’s a stat you’ll see floating around the internet, though I haven’t seen the ultimate source.
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Damn Novels Georg.