I have a 1099-MISC for book royalties. This is not self-employment income. How do I report it?

[Fed_Up]

These royalties are for a book I wrote over 10 years ago. Turbo Tax defaults to self-employment when you enter a 1099-MISC, but I'm NOT self-employed. How do I report this income?

[CatinaT1]

You are a business in the IRS's eyes.   

You do not have to carry on regular full-time business activities to be considered self-employed. You will file this income on Schedule C.

To file a Schedule C, here are the steps: 

1. Sign in to your account and select Pick up where you left off 
2. At the right upper corner, in the search box, type in schedule C and Enter  
3. Select Jump to schedule C  
4. Follow prompts, you might be prompted to an upgrade if you have expenses 

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