well, that leads to a long conversation.
Piracy is a difficult topic which is very personal, so I wonāt say much about it.
On writing books, Iāve tried along with other digital products such as courses and videogames, and I got to confess that it has been hard for me.
If it helps, I think it all reaches our expectations on the activity and the result. If royalties is the expectation, itās going to be slow. By 5% of royalties, for a rough example, a huge amount of sales will be required to get a decent āwageā, so Iāve understood of doing it by the side of a normal employment although it has been discouraging and a bit sad.
I have reflected about it in Spanish here: https://sembrandojuegos.substack.com/p/sobre-expectativas-al-crear-juegos