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Originally Posted by HarryT
Some do, perhaps, but to say that this is the way that everyone discovers new authors is certainly not true. Personally, for example, I've discovered many authors I wouldn't have otherwise come across by buying (yes, paying cash for the book!) Baen's monthly "Webscription" bundles.
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The internet changes everything.
I think the lending-gifting method was a lot more common before either webscriptions or the "you might also like these books"-feature that every eBook store has these days. And in fairness, Gaiman was talking about eBook piracy when he said that, and why he doesn't think it's a big deal since he apparently sees it as free marketing.
Easy for him to say, he's not exactly an unknown or struggling artist these days.
