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Originally Posted by starrigger
I don't recall whining, but I do remember noting a fact.
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Oh, I wasn't referring to you, although quoting you made it seem like such. I'm sorry for that bit of snark coming off as directed at you.
I've just noticed a tendency around these 'ere parts to treat authors as some magical, never wrong, angelic beings.
Some authors whine that they have no power to get better contracts, and it's all the dirty publishers fault for high prices and poor product quality, etc. etc., disregarding that the publisher can't set a high price or sell poorly formatted/printed/bound books
unless the author gives them a product to sell. A general tendency to blame the evil "other" without taking any personal responsibility just galls me.
I do, however, think publishers are to blame for the lions share of idiocy in this transition to eBooks.