Is there any money in books?

New stats on author's earnings present a bleak picture

There’s definitely a perception that, if you have had a book published, you’re set for life. Only yesterday on twitter, I had a lovely bearded chap called Bill in my mentions (no, not Mr Bragg, another middle aged white man with a beard who likes telling women what to do - yes, can you believe there’s more than one of them?). Bill was responding to a se…