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Old 08-29-2014, 12:32 PM   #655
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Originally Posted by gweeks View Post
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.

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I have no idea how it would squeeze them out of writing. Not selling books would squeeze them out of writing. It wasn't all that long ago that most mid-list type authors were paper back only since only top of the line authors.
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