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Originally Posted by rhadin
The "genius" of the system in its current form is that a few major bestsellers -- the James Pattersons, Stephen Kings, Tom Clancys, and similar mega authors -- provide enough profit to allow the publishing of new authors and low-volume sellers, thereby making books that interest you and interest me available. Without the mutual support, none of us would have the books that we do want.
The other "genius" of the system is that enough variety is published to induce readers like me, who buy 4 or 5 hardcovers a month, along with a number of ebooks, to continue buying at that pace. If the book industry had to rely solely on the occasional reader or on libraries (or other tax-supported institutions), we'd be lucky if 5% of the books currently published were published.
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I wonder why people ignore that very true point all the time.