[Butz]

Ok, now, here's what I've got today.

A shop that sells empty books and tomes of different sizes (text length). The larger the book, the more it costs to buy. Now, if a Graalian buys the book, and writes a story in it, they can bring it back to the shop and return it to the NPC, and set a selling price on the book (which starts out with a limit on the amount able to be asked of the cost of the book + 5p) People can then come and buy your book, and you will make half of the selling price back (shop has to make some money). Now, as your writing becomes popular, and more people buy your books, the amount you can ask for them will go up. So if you're a good writer and people enjoy your writing, they can come and buy your new books as long as you don't start charging outrageous prices for them. I realize that you'll lose money at first, but that's usually how writing works, you have to make yourself known first. ^.~.
So first off, you can't buy your own book to make yourself seem more popular, and probably only the dedicated authors will try it, considering you'll probably lose money at first.

Just an idea for people to make money without having to kill things.