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Erica, I enjoy your posts and I've learned a lot. I started my newsletter in May 2021 and I'm having fun at this point. All my content is free and will probably remain that way, at least for the foreseeable future. It seems like the newsletters that are making the majority of the $20M pot are political newsletters and I subscribe to several of them. I think the road ahead for non-political newsletters is much harder. I'm trying to grow my subscribers, but I still have a full time job for 2 more years, so I don't have much time to promote. Until I retire and can devote more time to it, this is just an outlet for me to share my love of books and reading with others. For that, I'm thankful. :)
Erica, I enjoy your posts and I've learned a lot. I started my newsletter in May 2021 and I'm having fun at this point. All my content is free and will probably remain that way, at least for the foreseeable future. It seems like the newsletters that are making the majority of the $20M pot are political newsletters and I subscribe to several of them. I think the road ahead for non-political newsletters is much harder. I'm trying to grow my subscribers, but I still have a full time job for 2 more years, so I don't have much time to promote. Until I retire and can devote more time to it, this is just an outlet for me to share my love of books and reading with others. For that, I'm thankful. :)