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Old 12-20-2014, 06:57 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
As you said, their concern isn't so much reaching us as it is reaching into our wallets. Their incessant focus on reader-spend, even at the expense of their own bottom line makes that clear.

They literally don't care that their take is lower as long as we pay more.

("We" being theoretical in my case. I haven't bought anything from them since the conspiracy kicked in and I discovered I don't need any of their titles.)
I have bought some nonfiction from the old guard. But by and large I buy fiction from indie authors and small presses.

It is not driven entirely by price point. I not only do not want to support the big publishing houses, I want them to fail if their business model includes perpetual control of the Intellectual property of their respective authors.

I took this same course with my music purchases in the nineties.
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