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Originally Posted by Charbax
Authors can be paid in advance using the Obama book tax. Simply put, based on the measured popularity and quality of their previous works, when an author is in "writing a new book" mode, he can get an automatic advance payment from the book tax system. Then based on the measured quality and popularity of their work once it's released, it will determine the value of that author if he wishes to dedicate more time in writing mode.
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Well how about that! I wish the taxpaying public would pay me in advance for all the crap I do at my job. I'm quite the popular and efficient employee, don't you know.
Why does putting Obama's name on a totally ridiculous idea make it sound so appealing to people? People get paid for what they produce, not for what they will produce.
As far as publishers go -- they kind of remind me of Dr. Kelso in Scrubs. Everybody hates them because they're jerks, but they're good at what they do and they keep everything running in a way that ultimately serves the public best.