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Originally Posted by =X=
I see so making books affordable is an attack on literature. FAIL
It is when authors/publishers/retailers are more concerned about $ than writing that is the true attack on literature.
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I agree 100% Publishers wouldn't care if only 1 person could afford to read if the books sold for 10 million dollars each.
They don't care about making books cheaply available. In countries like Australia they charge $30 for a paperback and publishers viciously thought against proposals which allowed for cheaper imported books. Again with the same tired arguments, 'it hurts literature, it hurts authors'. They want super expensive books, they don't believe cheaper books means more readers and more profits.
They have failed to fully appreciate the fact that in 5 years the vast majority of people will have an e-reader device in their pocket in the form of a phone or a tablet. People won't need to carry those weighty hardbacks and can read on the run, it's a LOT more potential consumers - people who don't want to lug around paper books .