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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
But he owes no one anything, no more than JK Rowling or any other author who chooses to not make their books available.
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Twaddle.
They owe a lot, if not
everything to their fans. And in the genre he writes in his "fans" tend towards the geeky.
He claims to love reading, and while I agree with his love of libraries I can't begin to understand his comments about the internet. Particularly as it will gave more people access to his work. To be able to read it and to become new fans.
He's also failed to note that the demographic of his fans, means that a lot of them have put a lot of their time and effort into that "meaningless" "distraction". And by making such an uneducated, and frankly idiotic statement he has done little but push them/us away.
So by his actions he is going to slow the growth of his fanbase. By his words, he is alienating the existing ones.