[warchild9]

Friends of mine in the book publishing business explain that a hundred layers of corporate parasites stand between the author and the reader, each with his/her hand out. Authors receive only 5%-15% of the cover cost of the book, the retailer receives 40%, and all the rest goes to Time/Warner/ConHugeCo. The computer revolution will dismantle this arrangement, and shorten the distance between author and his audience. Reading from the Internet has reduced my bookstore buying to one-tenth of what it once was, and it's their own d****d fault...the Kid

[daviddennis]

Curiously enough, a bestselling book will often go for $15 or so after gigantic discounts, which is not much more than hardcovers cost years ago.

It's true that books are expensive, but there is one silver lining: They are a lot more easily available than they were in the good old days. Darn few bookstores ten years ago were even half the size of a typical Borders or Barnes & Noble. Tis a pity about the prices, though :-(.

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