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Originally Posted by pshrynk
Cory Doctorow uses Creative Commons to publish all of his books electronically as they are being published on paper as a means of getting his name out there and getting well known. He says that when he started out, everyone told him that he could obviously afford to give it away, since he was not Stephen King. Now that he is a bigger name, he gets told that of course he can afford to give it away, since he's a big name.
I asked him what he thought would be the end result and what would happen when his paper sales fell off. His answer: "I have no idea, but I can tell you this, when we get to thend of this transition phase, I'm going to be in a much better position to dictate what my fortunes are than someone who has ignored it."
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It's interesting that he 'has no idea', I would have thought he would, as somewhat of a futurist, thought this through and would at least have had some notions as to his publishing future. Then again, this could be honesty showing out. None of us actually know what the future holds for writers (I'm hoping community funding and patronage).
Thanks again for the reporting on the Worldcon.
I wish I was there
