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I've only read the first post, I've put the rest on my ereader to look at later, but I find the idea that a writer would say something like this is quite bizarre. There has never been a better time to be a writer. All the barriers between writers and their audience have been removed, so if you want to write, JFDI.
It's never been better for publishers either. The next time they want to find some new writer to exploit they won't need to look through thousands of manuscripts to find them. Jut go to Smashwords or wherever and look through the ones with the highest ratings, all the readers have done most of your job for you.
I don't really understand this obsession with people who might read it for free either. By the time you're popular enough to be pirated you will be coining it in anyway, but even if someone does read your book for free what difference does it make? What is the logic in wanting them to read someone else's book for free instead?
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