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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
Of course they were. A copyright protection made the copyright liquid and the authors were able to make much better deals with publishers than Milton did.
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Not really, the publishers guild still had a monopoly on publishing. Milton actually got paid a pretty good price for the time period. He was paid 5 pounds in up front money, then paid another 5 pounds once 1,300 copies were sold and would have been paid another 10 pounds if 2,6000 copies were sold. His widow was paid 8 pounds once the second and third editions were printed. There just weren't that many books sold back then.