NEWS: Rowling ‘makes £5 every second’
JK Rowling is the world’s highest-earning author, making more than £5 every second over the past year, US business magazine Forbes has announced.
The Harry Potter writer, who made a total of $300m (£170m) last year, wrote the first of her best-selling books about the boy wizard in 1997.
I like this story as it goes to show that what people really want is entertainment and something that captures their imagination. Forgetting stuffy, intellectual insights. Through Harry Potter, J.K Rowling has proved that it doesn’t matter if your writing isn’t perfect, your ideas original or your take too long to complete a series as long as people enjoy it. Worth every penny.
The other interesting insight was the list of Best-Paid Author:
TOP 10 BEST-PAID AUTHORS1. JK Rowling - $300m (£170m)2. James Patterson - $50m (£28m)3. Stephen King - $45m (£25m)4. Tom Clancy - $35m (£20m)5. Danielle Steel - $30m (£17m)6. John Grisham - $25m (£14m)6. Dean Koontz - $25m (£14m)8. Ken Follett - $20m (£11m)9. Janet Evanovich - $17m (£10m)10. Nicholas Sparks - $16m (£9m)Source: Forbes magazine
I was quite surprised I’ve read and enjoyed 5 of them - though I’m not that keen on reading any more John Grisham or James Patterson. I’d happily read another Rowling, King or Koontz.
Wow! Do you think Jo could spare any of that for lil’ ol’ me? I wonder how much the Potter kids make — Radcliffe, Grint & Watson. I’ll bet they’re the richest young stars in Europe!
I hadn’t thought of that! Good point!