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Originally Posted by kennyc
Of course each deal is individual, but most are "standard" and if we don't push in whatever way we can to encourage more good authors to write and to change this archaic system we are by going along implicitly supporting it.
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So the way to "encourage good authors to write and to change this archaic system" is by not buying their books if we feel they are getting a bum deal from their publisher?
I suspect the 'good' (read: established) authors are getting a pretty good cut.
If by 'good', you mean less established authors who truly are good, I doubt they, for the most part, have really any power to change much when it comes to getting publishers to price ebooks and/or pay them differently.
And not buying their books because you don't like how their publisher treats them is certainly not going to help their cause; I suspect the more books they sell, the more power they have to negotiate better terms...