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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
Will thousands of years of written works suddenly banish from the shelves?
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Yes: With no way for a publisher to be fairly paid for them (since they're "free" now), they too will disappear from bookstores and other outlets, leaving the bookstores with nothing to sell but the few books written by those who "love to write"... no matter what the quality. |
This is the most deranged and delusional thing I have read on Mobileread to date.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
("Oh, joy: Another teenage vampire romance short story by 'Francey.' My day is made.")
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Right... your example being just worlds apart from the sort of books you appear to publish.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Trust me: You don't want to see a world where authors don't get paid.
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No, we sure don't.
It will look frighteningly like the vast majority of known human history wherefrom we have only preserved the best quality works... but which regrettably failed to produce the sort of literary treasures that are written about adventurous freighter captains threatened by dormant viruses and spiders.
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As a publisher, I find it amusing that there are so many people--other than Steve whose has a legitimate, if self-serving stake in the matter--rabidly defending the most morally bankrupt and spineless aspects of my industry's business model. Well... more sad than amusing, really.
- Ahi