Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 633488)

Perhaps she was writing in her spare time. The rest of the time she was officially unemployed.

I'm fairly sure she'll have come off the social after the first book so writing would have been her job after that.

Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 633521)

this got me wondering ......anyone know how much do Writers get from Librarys , Rowling must have lost sales by her books being on Library shelves .....do they get any compensation for lost sales , or is there some sort of Law which says anything in print/ publication can be placed in a library for public use :confused:

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 633537)

I'm not sure on this SJ, but I think there's something caled public lending rights, where the author gets a very small fee every time a book is borrowed, maybe somebody knows more about tis than me:confused:

Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 633561)

Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 633108)

what a load of rubbish!!

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 633587)

Originally Posted by blazey (Post 633138)

That is the most outrageous claim I've ever heard.

Writing the book didn't make her unavailable for employment, she was a single mum! She would have paid tax on the money she earned from publishing the book so I'm pretty sure she paid much more back in tax than she received in benefits.

Some people are just bitter.

As for the way Labour are choosing to spend the money, I think it could make sense because investment into other things could generate more money to pay off more of the debt...

...but investment doesn't seem like that brilliant of a thing right now so I wouldn't get my hopes up on that :p

I can't imagine wanting to give that kind of money to a political party. Bob Geldof and Bono are trying to save africa, amongst many other celebrities, and good old J K Rowling wants to save Labour. You couldn't make it up could you really.

Originally Posted by jambutty (Post 633390)

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 633478)

It might not be true but it does pose an interesting question.

If you write a book and then publish it to make money, which period of the writing/publishing/publicising etc do you class as working?

Surely the time spent writing the book must be classed as working if you get paid for it in the end.

Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 633488)

Perhaps she was writing in her spare time. The rest of the time she was officially unemployed.

I'm fairly sure she'll have come off the social after the first book so writing would have been her job after that.

Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 633497)

I have been writing a book for about 4 years. I write it when I have time to spare and the "muse" is on me.

If I ever finish it and submit it for publication, and if it is accepted and published, I might make some money from it. The money would be taxed in the year in which it was earned, i.e. the year when I received payment. Any time spent preparing the book for publication and payment could not be classed as "earning" time as there would be no reward during this period. Until such time as it became lucrative, which might be never, it could only be classed as a hobby.

Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 633600)

all of the above....

Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 633603)

tealeafs post was rubbish......all the quoted posts agreed with me.

Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 633610)

she had a young child.. thats why she stayed at home.

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 633614)

so have quite a few on here, but if needs must they work.