People don't always write books for money, some people just want to get their stories out or be known. I mean, how much money could he really make with a book anyway? It's not even that lucrative unless you're Stephen King or somebody. A book has to sell an awful lot of copies for it to even be worth the time and effort, if money is what you're after.
I actually think that in this modern world the rules are changing for rats. In Italy, rats have even been known to have been welcomed back into the fold, in fact this was one of boss of bosses Bernardo Provenzano's strategies in rebuilding Cosa Nostra and repairing the damage done by Salvatore Riina. In one case, a rat was even found at the top of his clan many years after flipping.