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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
<abrasax93@...> wrote:
>
> You're missing the picture here, Kevin. $2.25 is
the
> modern equivalent of 35 cents in 1960. If books made
a
> profit at 35 cents in 1960, what's changed that
makes
> it impossible to make a profit with books for
$2.25
> today. Sure, publishers make more by selling
fewer
> books at $10 each. But consequently, fewer of us
are
> willing, maybe even able to try new
writers.
You can try as many new writers as you want for absolutely
nothing, all over the internets. Nobody's holding a gun to
your head and saying you can't read them. Oh, you want a
printed book, with a publisher's imprimatur? That's why God
created libraries. Oh, you want to own the books you read?
Then it's up to you to pay the going rates, or not.
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