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Old 04-25-2011, 09:39 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by CommonReader View Post
Sounds nice but gets more difficult when you have to get more specific. Unlike the oil industry book publishing isn't exactly a business that generates tsunamis of cash.
That is a more general problem with capitalism. Companies must make an insane amount of money off a product or it is not worth producing it. Can't they be happy making enough money to pay all their bills, all their salaries and taxes ? Must they only sell something provided it generates astronomical amounts of money ? This model is damaging for the consumer in general but even more so for cultural products such as books as we see happen.

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