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Originally Posted by webroot
These are interesting links but I wonder if all book become opentextbook, then writing profession will be out of business. A novel writer, business insider or self-help writer have different reason to write (and they can write anything without being responsible for its correctedness ), they do mainly to improve their communication skills and become subject matter expert. Any money they get is considered a reward not the compensation of efforts.
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Ummm... I don't think anyone has suggested all books become open textbooks, the clue is in the word
textbooks.
The motivation is quite obvious -- education, gov't-funded, grant-based texts. Instructional manuals and teaching guides can benefit from collaborative editing among thousands of teachers who all want better resource materials for their students.
Novel writing would never fit into a crowd-sourced collaborative model, it is a different and incompatible subject matter.
Novel writers do not write novels in order to improve their communication skills, or for the noble sake of the public good -- that myth is usually propagated by people who are angry at authors for selling their products instead of giving it away for free.
Writers write novels for the filthy lucre.