15 Highest Paid Authors of 2012

So one of my absolute favorite authors (Robert Liparulo) shared this on his facebook page, and I though you (as a reading club) would find it interesting. The rest of this post is a copy/paste of his facebook post:

Forbes just released a list of the highest paid authors of 2012:

15. Rick Riordan ("Percy Jackson”) … $13 million
14. Ken Follett … $14 million
13. Stephenie Meyer (“Twilight”) … $14 million
12. George R.R. Martin ("Song of Ice and Fire” series) … $15 million
11. J.K. Rowling ("Harry Potter”) … $17 million
10. Dean Koontz … $19 million
9. Suzanne Collins ("Hunger Games”) … $20 million
8. Danielle Steel … $23 million
7. Nora Roberts … $23 million
6. Bill O’Reilly … $24 million
5. Jeff Kinney ("Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series) … $25 million
4. John Grisham … $26 million
3. Janet Evanovich … $33 million
2. Stephen King … $39 million
1. James Patterson … $94 million

Interesting that all but one are fiction writers and that five write primarily for young adults
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10 comments:

  1. angelaf13 August 2012 at 17:26

    Can't believe Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) is more successful than JK Rowling D:<... Something is definitely wrong with this generation!

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    1. bendavis13 August 2012 at 17:30

      I can't believe James Patterson is #1. The only stuff he writes worth reading is Max Ride...

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    2. angelaf15 August 2012 at 08:12

      and by a wide margin too....more than half of King's earnings!

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    3. Ashini18 August 2012 at 12:10

      Patterson is number one because he writes 382570239045328905 books- most of which are mediocre. Out of that 382570239045328905, there are about 5 that are stellar (Maximum Ride). Therefore, he has a good rep and people buy his OTHER books, even though they are crap. I would expect him to be up there, but no way in hell does he deserve #1. As for the Wimpy Kid guy, ugh. That disgusts me. I can't stand Wimpy Kid of Geronimo Stilton (never could) and those authors are both top 20 most paid!

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  2. Unknown13 August 2012 at 20:31

    HOLY. I swear, I had no idea that book authors get paid this much...

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    1. Unknown13 August 2012 at 20:32

      And is it for every book that they publish??

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    2. bendavis13 August 2012 at 20:45

      it's how much money they made in the past year
      so total sales
      for all their books

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    3. Unknown14 August 2012 at 12:54

      oh well, than that makes more sense.

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    4. Ashini18 August 2012 at 12:11

      If you did total overall (instead of past year) Rowling would be #1. Her book sales have decreased a lot because most people already own the books or can get them from the library, since they are really old.

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  3. Ashini18 August 2012 at 12:12

    Thanks for posting this! :)

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