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While all authors may not get paid I think an author should get paid by people who are reading their books (promos and freebies excepted). Just like all window washers should get paid by people whose windows they have washed unless they offer to do it free and even then I would still pay them if I agreed to let them wash my windows and they were cleaner. Commerce seems to be what the makes the world go round these days.
Some people pay fairly for anything and some pay for nothing they can get by other means. The majority of us fall in between. We like a bargain, but at least prefer a legitimate bargain.
My opinion only but if you want something and are not totally destitute, you should pay what the going rate is or do without. There should possibly be different rules applied to the truly destitute, but I don't see that happening any more now than in the days of 'let them eat cake'
Helen
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