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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Enforcing higher prices is not the phrase that matches my view. It is more accurate to say that I believe that publishers have developed a business model that does a better job of maximizing revenue for the subset of authors who sell a significant number of hardbacks than simply selling all books at paperback prices would and that I do not begrudge them that revenue.
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I do begrudge them that business model. That model has done a very good job of squeezing many mid-list authors (that I would like to read more of) entirely out of writing. Some of those authors are back again after the big publisher business model has been broken a little bit. The illegal collusion to raise prices tends not to engender any sympathy either.
Greg