[txt] Text is free, we make our money on volume(s) - ft.com
Second, even professional authors make money in multiple ways other than by royalties - ranging from options on film production to commissions for magazine articles to consulting, teaching and speaker fees. Most are aided by wider exposure. As Doctorow says, “my biggest fear as an author isn’t illicit copying, it is obscurity.”
[links] www.thepublicdomain.org Yochai Benkler - The Wealth of Networks Cory Doctorow - Giving It Away Lawrence Lessig - Free Culture