Traditional publishing has long sidelined authors with low and unfair royalties while taking full control of the creative process. This hasn’t changed for decades. And now, in the age of AI and rapid-fire content, making a living as a writer, let alone getting noticed, is harder than ever. Many platforms promise to give underappreciated writers a voice, but in reality, the biggest beneficiaries have been the companies behind them, not the authors or their readers. The golden era of writing, w...