Thread: Publishers still missing the point on e-book prices
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Old 12-31-2011, 11:08 AM   #481
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Originally Posted by stonetools
Patronage? Seriously? You want authors to be controlled by some rich guy somewhere? I expected better of you, DD.
Didn't say that. Just pointing out that the current system is not the only way. It's just that... the "current way." I'm not willing to stake my life on it being the "best" or even the "only feasible" way.

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Only a small percentage of books and authors make money for their publishers, and those best sellers fund the flops and the experiments.
Thank you for proving my point. Publishers never "lose." Because what they do is not gambling.

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You want authors to be controlled by some rich guy somewhere?
Are you seriously going to argue that that's not exactly what's happening now with traditional publishing?
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