Nickflame - thanks for your post and point taken. I will take you up on the point about there being a way better chance of making money having a regular book published, however. This is something I know about well. I have two books out with one of the best publishers in the world, I've won literary awards, I have a great agent. But none of this translates into revenue. Some of the best writers in the world live in abject poverty, or have a day job. Traditionally we would write journalism but that has all but dried up as the internet demolishes traditional media sources. Put simply, unless you're one of the lucky 1% who writes a highly commercial book which catches the zeitgeist, you won't make money.
In my case, my day job has bizarrely become SEO, and embracing the enemy, rather than fighting it by trying to retain a career in print media only. Hence my enquiry about ebooks and whether one can really make money with them....
I shall now, however, abandon my idea to write an ebook, and go back to monetizing websites, advising local businesses on their SEO, and dreaming of a world in which my one and only passion could afford me an income.... My third book is out soon - perhaps it will be a 1% er.
