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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
The idea that better enforcement or stricter laws to improve pay-the-author systems will "fix" the publishing industries is missing something... authors don't just want money; they want credit, too. They want readers. There's plenty of evidence that reducing readership to only those people who paid for a copy of a book would effectively kill any new author's career.
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Apart from anything else, corporation-owned writers don't get paid much per book anyway. 18% is the industry average, but some get a lot less than that. That's why you don't see many writers moaning about second hand books.