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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is almost *never* about the writer becoming rich.

It's about paper, printing, binding, and shipping. Inflexible costs. Recently f--ed even further by Trump's dumb tariffs.

Also: do you really think content should be free? Do you have any idea of how long it takes to compose and edit a decent book that isn't a piece of self-published trash?[/quote]

Actually its about the publisher becoming rich. They take 85% of the profits to pay for their New York offices and six-figure salaries for everyone. When Fifty Shades of Grey went big, everyone at the publishing house got a $5,000 bonus.[/quote]

50 Shades is a rare bigtime success story. For the most part no one is getting rich off books. Would that it were. Most books sell a few thousand copies. Mine is one example - $18.99 hardcover, coming out soon in paperback for a little more than half that. Trust me, neither I nor my publisher is getting rich - but your purchase actually makes a huge difference in terms of whether I'll earn out my piddling advance or not.

Books stay in B&N for a hot second unless they are huge sellers - the rest get sent back to the publisher, where they then count as a return against the writer's advance (again, mind was piddling)

Buy books. Take them out from the library. Borrow them from your friends. Do what works for you.
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