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Originally Posted by pwalker8
The major point that I would make is that if an author can't make a living writing, he or she isn't going to write many books. If I'm a fan of a particular author, I'm going to support that author as much as possible. That doesn't mean that I'm being ripped off. That just means that I want more of their books. The converse of that is that if the only time someone buys an author's books is on the remainder table or from the library, then that author isn't going to write many books. Maybe you care about a specific author, maybe you don't, but that's the what's going to happen.
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So you are basically saying that those that choose not to support their favourite authors as much as you do are the cause of their demise? Where is the money supposed to come from? Out of discretionary money not already dedicated to books? Unless you are suggesting to change my lifestyle by siphoning money from another luxury category into bigger purchases of books, then I can only conclude that the extra money has to come from savings? Sounds like very good financial advise.
There is a simple reason why most people have a certain upper limit they are willing to spend on books. And that is, because the rest of their discretionary money is allocated elsewhere.