While technically true, it's also largely irrelevant, because those «extra» dollars — even if they add up to a significant total — only end up going to
a tiny handful of authors at the very top of traditional - publishing's pay scale.
Not exact matches
This time, when comparing only the earnings
of «New»
authors who debuted after 2010, we see that below a
tiny handful of mega-selling Big - 5 debuts (like Veronica Roth), far more «New» indie
authors are making a good living from their Kindle e-books than their «New» Big - 5 peers.
As bad as it is to have a publishing world with only five major publishers in it — a monoposony in which a
tiny handful of companies converge on terms and practices that are ultimately more to their benefit than those
of authors, it's even worse to have a world in which a single company controls the entire market.