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Old 02-08-2012, 10:02 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by Beryll Snyder View Post
Only a very small fraction of authors ever made a living by writing books. The vast majority wrote for fun or because they hoped to eventually earn something.
And many wrote books solely for the closet - without the opportunity to publish their stuff, because the handicap of cost or acceptance by a publishing company.
At least these authors have a better chance of being read.
Nailed it.

And since there are now people reading these self published works and reviewing and rating them, I am glad to read some of them.

This is where music went, where news is going, and where I expected books to go when I got my first ebooks back in 1998.
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