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Old 01-29-2012, 06:47 PM   #23
Steven Lyle Jordan
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So, subsidizing books through ad revenue... the TV model, essentially. Yes, that could work, though a system like that would surely force the downloading service to restrict the authors who were allowed to post their books to the site, and therefore who would get their money. IOW, it would become a Most Popular Authors site, shutting out most independents and new authors.

It doesn't address entitlement, of course; in fact, it encourages it, since consumers won't have to pay for product. That will make it that much harder for authors who can't land deals with the ad-supported sites, and must sell directly to consumer at practically nothing to compete with free authors.

By the way: If any such downloading site is reading this, I am interested in such a deal: PM me at this site and we'll work something out.

After all, it must be as easy as that, right?

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