The Music of Scott August
(Where are the) Books by Scott August?
We have sold out of all of my books. I have made the decision to not print new copies due to the high cost of printing, and the decreasing demand.
Once upon a time, sales of my music helped offset the cost of printing books, but the new normal is for people to stream music, paying the corporate overlords of big tech (Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Spotify) rather than paying the artists for their creative output.. If you think streaming services pay artists a fair amount then you might want to look at this chart.
In plain English let's look at Spotify. Last year they made a profit of approximately $1.6 billion, but independent artists on average are only paid $0.00318 per stream (play), of which online distributors take their cut before paying the artist. In my case, 9%.
That is why I can no longer afford to print books.
For those of you who ask, "why not release them digitally, like a PDF?" History has shown repeatedly what happens when art is made digitally available, and it is never good for creators. The internet is full of illegal copies of music, photos and e-books. As the saying goes, "Once bitten, twice shy."
Once upon a time, sales of my music helped offset the cost of printing books, but the new normal is for people to stream music, paying the corporate overlords of big tech (Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Spotify) rather than paying the artists for their creative output.. If you think streaming services pay artists a fair amount then you might want to look at this chart.
In plain English let's look at Spotify. Last year they made a profit of approximately $1.6 billion, but independent artists on average are only paid $0.00318 per stream (play), of which online distributors take their cut before paying the artist. In my case, 9%.
That is why I can no longer afford to print books.
For those of you who ask, "why not release them digitally, like a PDF?" History has shown repeatedly what happens when art is made digitally available, and it is never good for creators. The internet is full of illegal copies of music, photos and e-books. As the saying goes, "Once bitten, twice shy."
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