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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
That is the single most ridiculous, unknowable, unprovable bit of philosophical, paradoxical claptrap I think I've ever read on this subject. Shatzkin clearly favors the traditional publishing model. We get that. So why is it news that he condemns anything that may hurt that model?
I got news for Shatzkin: some of the best books don't get written now! And some of the best authors chose a completely different career. See how silly that sounds?
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Actually, its annoyingly apropo. The question is not whether books will be written at all: the question is whether better books-especially better non-fiction books- will be written in an era where publishers will have less capital for financing authors. Your snark was irrelevant to that.