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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
You really, really, really, should learn about how this worked in practice before suggesting that it is at all viable. (And of course if a patron pays Lee Child to produce one Jack Reacher novel a year, why should the patron care if the novel is released to the general populace?
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And you really, really, really should learn to read follow-up clarification posts. It's #481 in case you're interested.
Look. I'm not arguing for a whole-sale change to the current publishing system. In fact, I don't think I've ever argued for
any change to the current publishing system. I just get tired of hearing that what we have now is the best it possibly could be and that there's no other possible viable systems/tweaks/hybrids that could possible satisfy readers, authors, and publishers alike. That's hogwash—pure and simple. The status quo is _GOING_ to change. Anybody that believes otherwise is deluding themselves. I'm just open to the possibility of that change resulting in something other than the death knell of literature.
So no... of course I don't think that the traditional
one patron one artist system is something that would work in this day and age—I'm not an idiot. That doesn't mean a new hybrid system can't evolve where the concept of patronage plays a role.