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Originally Posted by jgaiser
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This avoids the self-destructiveness of Lynn Shepherd, but is less plausible. People have a limited book budget, and if they buy more by one author, they will tend to buy less of others. Success by one author no more lifts the incomes of others than a great year for Walmart helps Target.
You could interpret Lawrence in another way -- that he thinks Rowling is increasing the market for her own genres even if decreasing it in others. If so, why is that good?
Rowling seems to give an unusually high percentage of her income to charities. So from that standpoint, you could say that it's better for people to buy her books.