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Originally Posted by axel77
Well, I would say in an ideal world, yes, the revenue of a book writing an avarage writer taking 6 months should be valued for salary of 6 months + a little extra. While this robs Rowling Millions, it would give a very large number authors a real income, they can reckon with, and having a "real" job. However there is an implication of quality. So yes a qualitative work should be worth more than a less qualitative. And the only messure we have about quality, is the amount of sales...
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Well, publishing houses could hire writers as "staff", and fire them if they are not good enough. Scientific research works a bit like this, people are paid for their daily work, regardless of how useful or successful their research results end up being (even patents are often filled by the institituons, not the researchers); but of course, bad researchers are not giving contracts while good researchers are given permanent positions...
I don't say this would be a good solution, I don't say it is the best solution for research either, but it's a possibility.
P.S. Why "a little extra" for the salary? If it takes 6 months to write, he should get 6 months of salary (I don't specify which is the right salary per month for a writer, though).