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Old 05-21-2010, 03:48 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
2) It has the potential to cut into the income of any future author who wants to try a similar post-chapters-for-donations methods; readers are likely to be skeptical that the content will remain available. Readers may demand to know how long the material will remain up, which sets up a hostile interaction instead of a friendly one. This is likely to discourage both the author and other readers.
Unless the author puts it under a redistributable licence such as CC, yes. But you can't do that AND get a commercial publishing deal unless you're Cory Doctorow.
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