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Originally Posted by leebase
Anybody selling their books for $.99 does so because they CANT attract an audience willing to pay more. Publishers who can only sell books dirt cheap...can not invest in developing talent. They can’t market on behalf of the author. They can’t give up front payments to let a good number of authors write for a living knowing that only a few of those investments become best sellers.
If you want art to exist, support it financially
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Or they are new authors who haven't yet established an audience. An unknown author can't expect to charge as much as a Stephen King or a James Patterson can for a book. It's always been a case of a few author's make it big while others struggle to establish themselves.