[dmaul1114]

That's fine to have that view. I can't wait to hear the whining if some people's favorite successful authors who are set financially just stay screw it and retire early as they can't make as much as they used to for the same amount of work.

Just seems an odd attitude to be so callous toward authors--I get the hate toward publishers, but not authors.

Would anyone saying what you said above be fine if something happened in your field and all of a sudden you started getting paid less for doing the same amount of work you were doing before?

I doubt it. Most all of us would be bitching just like authors are about taking a pay cut while doing the same work. If you can say that about authors, I hope you don't bitch at all when your field changes, and you just suck it up and get a 2nd job like you suggest they do.

And if you think they should just write for the good of literature rather than to make money, you better damn well have some low paying non-profit/volunteer job rather than be working to make money for yourself as your main goal.

I think a lot of these types of attitudes is just sour grapes from people who hate their jobs (or are unemployed etc.) who think authors are lucky for getting paid to do something they don't really consider work, while their stuck in some crappy job because they weren't blessed with talent etc.

They don't view authorship as work, think people should write for the good of the field and sell their work as cheaply as possible etc. as they're stuck slaving away at some crummy, low paying job they hate as they weren't blessed with talent, or didn't get the education to get a good job etc.

That and just selfishness of people only caring about their own bottom line etc. and all the rest is just excuses for why they think books should be cheap.