Comments on: Will Work for Food http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/05/05/will-work-for-food/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:17:33 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: kiri http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2008/05/05/will-work-for-food/comment-page-1/#comment-47464 kiri Thu, 08 May 2008 07:26:29 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=2018#comment-47464 It's normal not to get paid for publishing one's research. Sometimes there's a small honorarium, say $125, for a book chapter, or a journal subscription as thanks for an invited review paper. But otherwise one is not paid for writing, and often you're expected to pay page charges out of your grant (assuming that you have one). Unfortunately, it's often taxpayer-funded research published in commercially published journals, and the taxpayers have to buy back the work they already funded if they want it in public (including academic) libraries. So, yes, it's really hard to make a living as a writer. It’s normal not to get paid for publishing one’s research. Sometimes there’s a small honorarium, say $125, for a book chapter, or a journal subscription as thanks for an invited review paper. But otherwise one is not paid for writing, and often you’re expected to pay page charges out of your grant (assuming that you have one).

Unfortunately, it’s often taxpayer-funded research published in commercially published journals, and the taxpayers have to buy back the work they already funded if they want it in public (including academic) libraries.

So, yes, it’s really hard to make a living as a writer.

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