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Old 02-08-2012, 10:58 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post

One way the popular music industry has adjusted to low prices for recorded music is to charge much more for live performances. This is not just for concert musicians. A broadway musical ticket today can cost dozens of times more than an Amazon MP6 album download! I guess the equivalent for authors would be selling tie-in gear and going on lecture tours, but I think potential there is much less than it was for music.
I would say appearances at genre conventions (with photo ops, writers workshops, and Q&A sessions) is the closest equivelent. I met John Steakley and C J Cherryh at conventions before reading either of them.
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