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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Their long-term financial interests, or their long-term interest in being proud of how they treat employees and authors, and of the books they publish?
I realize that if they go belly up, they can't produce better titles. But there's the middle ground of accepting modest profits or going non-profit, which is where many publishers already are.
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If people can't make money on publishing books, there won't be many books published. The reality of the publishing world is that only the top 10% or so of books actually make money and basically support the ability to publish the other 90% of books. Telling publishers that they need to become non-profit or be satisfied with a modest profit just means less books for the consumers to buy.
Tell me. Is there anyone here who would honestly say they would be happy if their employer tells them that they ought to work for free or be satisfied with a modest salary? I suspect that the vast majority would start looking for another job. Why should book sellers, publishers and authors be any different?