Who earns what in publishing

Canadian-born New Zealand native Eleanor Catton won a slew of literary prizes for her hefty tome, The Luminaries. But she couldn’t have done it herself. For an industry working to keep books relevant, here’s a closer read of the average publishing industry salaries, according to Quill & Quire, to give a sense of what it costs to make writing like Catton’s really sing.

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