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Originally Posted by schex86
If publishing companies no longer existed in their current form, if less authors wrote solely for financial gain, yet more wrote with the intention of aiding their fellow man, and the net effect was that through the benefit gained by all, more and more people had the time to contribute their own writings, their own art, to their society, then I ask, what have we lost? But more importantly, what have we gained or what will we gain?
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One question for you: I don't know how you make your living, but, whatever it is, do you give it all away for free? If you have an expectation that you will be paid for your work, why do you suggest that authors should not? Writing a book is just as much "work" as any other means of earning your living.
This strange concept that people should write books "to aid their fellow man", rather than to make money, has always slightly puzzled me. Should restaurant owners serve meals to aid their fellow man, rather than to make money? Should plasterers plaster walls to benefit people rather than to make money? Why should authors be somehow "different"?