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Originally Posted by Phogg
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.
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Large music publishers still exist, so I think there will always be a small minority of creators who turn to traditional publishers for vanity reasons. There will also be people who either can't or don't want to do everything themselves and deal with sub-contractors. The world is full of mugs who will hand over 80% of their income for the rest of their life in return for a few one-off jobs.