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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Let's say you're a relic who grew up being published the old way. You might find yourself longing for the pleasures you remember. Here's one of the things you might miss most: the feeling of owning fancy editions of your own words to put on your own shelf and pick up whenever you needed to be reminded your work was real in the truest and most tactile sense.
Limited editions often benefit the author, but not always monetarily.
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(I'm not sure how to respond to this precisely; I hope I can clarify that my snark and disdain is directed at the author and not you.)
I hope that when I'm a famous author, I don't throw my poorer fans under the bus in exchange for a sexy hardcover with my name on it. I'd like to think that I care more about my readers than about running my fingers over the limited edition baby seal skin version or whatever they're making the hardcover from that it costs $50.
ETA: Also, if the "screw my readers, I want a pretty bookend!" is really what's going on here, then why the screaming and bawling over STOP SHARING THE FILE, GUYS, PAY YOUR FIFTY BUCKS. I doubt his "dang, that limited edition thing hurts but I really want the bookend" contract requires him to throw a fit at his readers. Either it's a free publicity tantrum, or he wants to wring his readers for every penny they're worth, or both. Either way, I reiterate that I can and will continue to think him a whelk.