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Originally Posted by mcl
Likewise, if the author's taking such a huge risk, the author has chosen to make it their job. If the author is in such a precarious financial position, they should either adjust their lifestyle accordingly, or not quit their day job.
I'm tired of seeing authors treated as some combination of angels, saints, and charity cases. They chose to be authors. If they can't make that pay for them, that's their problem, not mine.
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But you're ignoring the already successful authors who may see a pay cut.
You'd likely be pissing and moaning and saying your company are dirty rat bastards if they tell you to take a 5% pay cut and keep doing the same high quality work you've been doing for years.
Yet you seem to have no problem telling a successful authors to suck it up, write just as many books of the same quality as they always have and take less money for it.
That's what bothers me about the tone of many in this thread.
But that's just human nature. Companies are dirty rat bastards because they are made up of human beings who are dirty rat bastards that don't care about anything but their own self interests for the most part.