With the median income for romance authors tripling in the e-book era, other gig workers could stand to take a page from these novelists' books.

"An equally thrilling story, my research shows, is how romance writers are getting ahead in the digital era.

While economists and labor scholars wring their hands over the rise of the precarious gig economy, these freelancers have developed innovative business practices over the past four decades that have set them up for success in the digital era...

With the median income for romance authors tripling in the e-book era, other gig workers could stand to take a page from these novelists' books.

"An equally thrilling story, my research shows, is how romance writers are getting ahead in the digital era.

While economists and labor scholars wring their hands over the rise of the precarious gig economy, these freelancers have developed innovative business practices over the past four decades that have set them up for success in the digital era...