Some have it worse than Game Devs (especially solo indie)

I signed up for a set of creative writing courses. Simply for fun alongside game dev.

Sure, do I have a buried dream of maybe putting out a small collection of short stories? Maybe.

Then I saw their numbers. 2-4 million books released a year depending on the source. Grew 10x over last 16 years.

I imagine their marketing struggle is hell! At least a publisher/streamer can quickly try a game to see if interested. A book? Oy.

Anyone in here do both? You just also be into BDSM.