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Originally Posted by deviant
I'm afraid that I fail to see how I am hurting the artist more when he is losing a measly 6-8% compared to the publisher's lion's share of 92%.
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Because the publisher is making money off of a stable of artists... if you don't but author X's work, he doesn't get that 92%, but he still gets the 92% from authors A, B, C, D, E, F, G... So, ultimately, you've hardly nicked him.
When you don't buy author X's work, author X gets not one penny (beyond whatever advance the pub gave them, if any), and they don't have multiple clients and millions to fall back on. You've slammed him.