Thread: The Patronage/Subsidization System: Workable for e-books?
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Old 04-02-2008, 12:17 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
there is the possibility that the patron/subsidizer might influence the creative work
How does this differ from the current model? I thought part of the "problem" was that publishers only want certain types of work and influence authors to provide that? Of course, that has lead to disasters like 4 or 5 centuries of christofascist so-called "music" coming out of Europe[1] and whichever long-dead lunatic paid a philosopher to come up with zero.

Of course, except for self-sufficient authors you will always have that problem since they'll be trying to write what the audience is willing to pay for.



[1] yes, sarcasm. Deal with it.
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