@KaseyKlimes Writing, as a means of both idea dissemination and income generation, has always been very winner-take-all. With the publishers disintermediated, I'd argue the space for ideas is even more democratic.
@KaseyKlimes No longer an industry where the publishers control supply but now aggregators (Amazon) control demand. Also in the study: 300,000 books published in 2009 at median income of $25,000 compared with 1,000,000 books published in 2017 at median income of $20,300.