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Originally Posted by stonetools
Everyone likes low book prices-until writers stop writing and publishers stop publishing
Then people start asking, "Why aren't there any quality books being written anymore?" or " Where are the good new authors?"
Products have to work both for the creators and for the consumers. If they work only for consumers , then producers will turn out fewer and lower quality products.
Its noteworthy that just about every supplier downstream from Amazon-MOST publishers, not just the Big Six- plus the Authors Guild -speaking through Scott Thurow- favor agency pricing. Most of Amazon's competitors also favor agency pricing . This is not to say the publishers and authors are perfect. But the fact is that just about everyone in the book industry not named Amazon came out against DOJ action . Thats boundto affect what anysettlement will look like.
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I would argue that the short attention span nature of our current culture has a way bigger impact on quality of books than anything you're mentioning. You can feel the love of the language eroding and it's not because of book prices.