Originally Posted by DiapDealer
As far as I'm concerned, no etailer or publisher is going to "help" readers for altruistic reasons, so why should I as a reader even consider the motives of those who "help" me for their own benefit? I'm not paying for books out of altruism, after all. I'm not trying to "help" authors, publishers, editors, illustrators, researchers, or retailers. I buy and read books for very selfish, personal reasons. Why should those selling them be any different? If an industry can support itself on the very selfish motivations of suppliers and demanders, then... hooray! We have a market.
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