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Originally Posted by Fluribus
Most of the works that I want to see in the public domain are unavailable. They sit languishing.
I don't like the "only a penny a day" argument. My income is severely limited. $100 is $100. Even Bill Gates does not have an unlimited supply of pennies.
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The Golden Age of Science Fiction was marked by writers providing stories to magazines for Pennies a word. Thanks to ebooks an author can have control of the availability of his stories and clear a couple of dollars per book sold.
The whole idea of copyrights was opposed to "the one book wonder". It was supposed to incentivise the production of books/works. The idea of authors writing one book and being set for life as well as providing for the next two generations, is ridiculous, on its face. Almost all those trying to make a living writing, also have day jobs, write many stories and get few published. Those that make any real money are few and far between. But they keep writing.
They keep at it even when they have one that is paying off. Their writing career is not dependent on any one book.
Luck;
Ken