Since 2012, I have been a respected short story writer; many times over the years I was asked to contribute to an anthology.
Being inexperienced, I thought this would bring some sales; I learned the hard way - NO.
The book on this post is a good example, I have two stories in the book which sold out at Comicon 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona. Yet, none of the writers saw a dime from the sales.
Around the same time, I was scammed by a man called Don Ford, from Canada, who asked for a copy of my eBook - Nerja - which he published as his work.
I have stories in several other anthologies, as they were for charity I never expected money from the books sales.