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Originally Posted by jhempel24
The way I see it, I'm not paying for what the author physically produced, but I'm paying a meager fee for the time and effort the author took in creating something that entertained me for a while.
Not for the words on paper (or device as the case may be), but for the hours and hours he/she spent creating one of the best forms of entertainment for me.
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But we don't reward an author for the time and effort. We seldom know how much time or effort went into a book, we only know whether or not we like it. An author could spend years working on a book that no one likes, or quickly turn out a popular book. We reward the author on our enjoyment of the book.