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Originally Posted by Quoth
They can only publish and market a certain number of books a year. So by reducing the marketing effort and royalty payments by publishing well known PD works they are limiting income of living authors.
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I call BS. Publishers publish what they think will sell. Do you seriously think a publisher will pass up what they think will be the next Hunger Games because they are just too damned committed to keeping Moby Dick in print?
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They also pay the sensitivity readers/editors a pittance.
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Better they didn't pay them at all. But that's neither here nor there.