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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I don't think it is piracy that they should be worried about, it is the next generation of writers not seeing any need for traditional publishers. In a digital world, they need to do something to justify their 80% rake off or even already established writers will start to abandon them. A small minority of people who read without paying are the least of their worries.
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Exactly as we have seen in music.
And, (as with music) when the market is saturated, people who are more interested in just finding an audience at all can offer ever lower or even free works just to get heard.
Some of the public will find those very cheap and free offerings satisfies their appetites admirably.
The loss of the paywall bodes ill for traditional publishers.