Great discussion going on here. What stood out for me in the original blog post (and which I found sobering) was that I had never thought about the fact that sales figures are used to decide whether an author is signed for additional books. It's something so simple, yet it never crossed my mind.
I also think that "the sense of entitlement" he refers to is the fact that people feel the right to grab that pirated copy since it's their due for some reason. I've seen the same attitude from people demanding you give them something simply because they want it and view it as their "right" to get what they want.
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