Reminds me of Diddy Squat, the farming show by Jeremy Clarkson. Farming, just by itself, is not profitable, so they need to do all kinds of things to make profit.
Likr setting up a store, making a branded product, Ie making beer from the wheat, or social media on farm life.
The tragedy is all the time required not farming.
In the case of books, to first debut, you must already be successful or perish. Even getting accepted to a publishing house requires insane stats, and they're just beginning.
And it helps to know people. The one time I went through a publisher it was pretty much by accident because I had dinner with the appropriate acquisitions person and the managing director and then we ironed out details when I was in London a couple months later.
I was intending to write the book anyway but wasn't planning on going through a publisher.
Didn't make any material money but it was very useful professionally.
Likr setting up a store, making a branded product, Ie making beer from the wheat, or social media on farm life.
The tragedy is all the time required not farming.
In the case of books, to first debut, you must already be successful or perish. Even getting accepted to a publishing house requires insane stats, and they're just beginning.