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Originally Posted by ficbot
and of the 80%+ who were VOLUNTARILY paying even though they did not have to, about half of those were paying MORE THAN the suggested amount.
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The problem with that model this is only regarded to work for the mid to lower echelons of authors (any industry). The big fear seems to be about losing the big cash cows, the J.K. Rowlings. Once people know someone has already made half a million on a book, I think the numbers will reverse to maybe 10% paying, 90 taking. They really would hate to lose those.
But I really like the new model a lot. I've had too many reads where I picked up a book and didn't like it after three chapters, I don't feel like paying $10 for that. It is also something authors can do on their own, maybe even facilitated by a site like this one. I've certainly enjoyed -and- paid for a lot of free content over the last three years.