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His use of the term "adjuncting" brings to mind adjuncts who teach college classes. People who write books often also don't understand that their work product doesn't have enough scarify value to have any pricing power. That the work outputs are "public goods" is a big challenge.
"College teaching has become a pickup job, like driving for Uber, for small stipends and little or no guarantee of permanence." wsj.com/amp/articles/t…
Average per-course pay for an adjunct teaching a three-credit course was $3,984, but figures spanned a “huge range."' insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/1… A worker's scarcity-power is what drives pricing power which determines income. Supply is the enemy of value.
