Thread: Scott Turow: The Slow Death of the American Author (NYTimes)
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Old 04-12-2013, 04:14 PM   #96
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I agree 100%. I also don't see it as a bad thing.
Bad is a subjective term. Bad for whom? Overall, no, it's not a bad thing.

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The casual book-or-two-a-year readers and the handful of big-ticket, franchise authors may suffer a bit, but I suspect everyone else will wonder what the big deal was in the first place--when all is said and done.
In a hundred years, big publishing houses will be referred to in the same way as buggy whip makers are today.
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