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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
A disadvantage of paying per page is that it incentivises the author to write long drawn out novels where the reader has to wade through tedious descriptions of the furniture and layout of rooms.
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This is the traditional publisher model also. They wanted huge tomes that they could charge more for. And lots of filler in books that could have been better told with fewer pages.
I have mixed feelings about this new model. While someone who wrote a 500 page book should get paid more than someone with a 100 page book, I'm not sure value of a book should rest on page numbers.