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The Sorry Tale of Contemporary Authorship: A Study of Scottish Authors

机译：当代作者的不幸故事：苏格兰作家的研究

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This paper gives a detailed overview of contemporary authorship in Scotland through the analysis of interviews with and a survey of Scottish authors. These results are compared to previous studies to highlight the changing nature of authorship over the years. Both the survey and interview results paint a pessimistic picture of authorship in the twenty-first century, with the majority of authors earning very little from their writing and depending on alternative avenues to improve their income. Additionally, Scottish authors are not benefiting from the numerous new platforms to exploit their work through, which could help to enhance their income. This is partly because many Scottish authors still have a traditional view of publishing and do not think about their work commercially, and partly because, in many cases, their rights are controlled by their publishers and not widely exploited. This survey also found that Scottish authors with London literary agents earned more income than their counterparts with Scottish agents; however, this was mainly because they were more likely to be published with London publishers. This shows that Scottish publishers are failing their authors by not fostering their rights efficiently and effectively: fostering these rights more effectively could help supplement authors’ income.
机译：本文通过对苏格兰作家的访谈和调查，对苏格兰当代作者身份进行了详细概述。将这些结果与以前的研究进行比较，以强调多年来作者身份的变化。调查和访谈结果都描绘了二十一世纪悲观的作者身份，大多数作者的写作收入很少，并依靠其他途径来提高收入。此外，苏格兰作家没有从众多新平台中受益，无法充分利用他们的工作，这可能有助于增加他们的收入。部分原因是许多苏格兰作家仍具有传统的出版观点，不考虑其商业用途，部分原因是，在许多情况下，其权利受其出版者控制且未被广泛利用。这项调查还发现，拥有伦敦文学代理人的苏格兰作家的收入要比拥有苏格兰文学代理人的苏格兰作家多；但是，这主要是因为它们更可能与伦敦发行商一起发行。这表明苏格兰出版商未能有效地促进其权利而使他们的作家失利：更有效地促进这些权利可以帮助增加作者的收入。

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