The amount of money that authors get paid depends on the book. If the book is very popular authors get paid more.
It depends on how many books they write a year and how popular the books are.
'Authors' are usually not paid by the hour. Authors are usually paid by the manuscript. This is true for authors of books. Sometimes an author is given an advance amount of money in anticipation of receipt of the final manuscript. As well, sometimes authors are paid a royalty on each book sold.Other writers, such as journalists, technical writers, ghost writers, and so forth may be able to work out other compensation schemes.
=Authors get paid based on how good the book turned out to be. For example: Cinderella author would get paid less than Twilight author. They also get it based on the amount of copies sold. The less sold, the less money they get paid. Some authors even get paid based on their fame. For example: J.K Rowling would get paid more than Mary Pope Osborne. J.K is more famous than Mary. You're welcome! =
they earn about 45 or to 50 dollars cause it's a author An author enters into an agreement with a publisher that states how much and when the author is to be paid. Some authors are even paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance of their book being written or published.
I'm pretty sure it is based off of how well their book sold to consumers, the better the book does the better they get paid.
Most authors publish novels in order to get paid. Publishing online makes it very hard to get paid for your work, so most authors don't publish online or self-publish by using vanity publishers.
The top 1% of authors get rich. The top 10% are fairly well paid. And the rest often have spouses or other means to help them make a living.
How much do you get paid? I paid too much for my shoes.
The top authors of 2007 are: Tom Clancy, J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Danielle Steel, Nicholas Sparks, John Grisham and Dean Kootz.
how much did who get paid?
There is a wide variation of how much children's books illustrators are paid. Consult Children's Authors and Illustrators Market. Payment depends on the popularity of the book and the experience of the illustrator.
authors write books when they feel like it and they get paid as long as people buy their book...