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Originally Posted by caleb72
Having said that, the fear that is being raised is just fear. Would future Richard Flanagans fail to be discovered if changes to parallel import taxes are made? I don't know is my answer and I'd be surprised if anyone could really answer that conclusively. However, I would imagine there are numerous possible outcomes from allowing parallel imports that are not quite as desperate. Australian publishers are unlikely to focus on them, of course.
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I should have gone further with my question there. It is probably equally relevant to ask: "Are past, present and future Richard Flanagans failing to be discovered because of the status quo of traditional publishing in Australia?"
There's no reason to think the current situation is the perfect mechanism to discover brilliant authors.