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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I would also point out that the author's main point, that books are not simply gross product is fairly obvious true, otherwise you wouldn't have best selling authors such as J.K. Rowlings, Stephen King, etc. Simply dismissing it out of hand as a steaming pile of garbage doesn't make it untrue, no matter how strongly you may personally feel about it.
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This objection is a steaming pile of garbage,
on account of being completely out of touch with the reality behind not only books and other consumer products, but also luxury consumer products (see car example above).
Of course, it would help if you stopped randomly assuming that anyone (other than authors who sign petitions in support of Hachette) thinks all books should be interchangeable. (Because that is not even remotely the same thing as "books are a type of consumer product."
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