With the sharp decline in the world stocks of cod, other salted and dried white fish are sometimes marketed as salt cod, and the term has become to some extent a generic name.ried cod and the dishes made from it are known by many different names, many of them derived from the root bacal- , itself of unknown origin; explorer John Cabot reported that it was the name used by the inhabitants of Newfoundland.
The research, commissioned by The Authorsâ Licensing and Collecting Society, found the top 5 per cent of writers earned close to half of all the income received by professional authors in 2013. The median income for professional writers is just Â£10,432, less than the minimum wage.
Authors earned an average of $68,060 a year in 2011, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Like any average, high salaries can skew the figure, and median wage is often a better indication of an authorâs earnings. Half of all authors earned less than $55,870 a year.hese funds are then shared with the illustrator, so youâre now looking at a payment of as much as $4,000 to $6,000. Writerâs Market estimates the range a little lower, with an average of almost $3,000 for the advance.