Very philosophical!
--- Curt Purcell <
curtpurcell@hotmail.com> wrote:
> --- In
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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