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Originally Posted by delphidb96
He doesn't want to have to 'compete' for the readers' attentions... I think what he envisions is a society where it isn't easy to assuage the hunger for more reading material, rather the selection is limited to "great works" and one is only allowed to buy from that group of 'approved' (of course, approval comes from said guilds) works..
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Well said. That's just typical protectionist whining of the entrenched supplier who doesn't want any competition on "his" turf. And actually has the gall to tell his customers they are too dumb to decide for themselves, so the choice of what to buy and who to buy it from should belong to him, the supplier, and his chums in the traditional publishing industry.