[free-sklyarov] Another ebook "processor"

[Jon O .]

On 19-Aug-2001, Xcott Craver wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Bob Smart wrote:
> 
> > Ummm...no, PUBLISHERS get the income.  Authors get pennies, publishers get
> > the real money.  And yet, inequitable as that system is, writers continue to
> > write.
> 
> 	That's a great response to have ready, when we hear the claim
> 	that, "maybe artists will stop creating new work if they can't
> 	make a buck."  Artists *already* don't make a buck:  the industry
> 	makes a buck, and the artist makes a couple pennies.
> 
> 	The very notion that bands will stop playing and authors will
> 	stop writing if the publishing/recording industry can't keep
> 	their gigantic profit margins is just ludicrous.
> 
> > Saying that writers wouldn't write without big paychecks is like
> > claiming that without prostitutes, there would be no children.
> 
> 	If you don't mind, I want to put this quote in a .signature file.
> 	Someone put this on the anti-dmca quote list.


Yes, this is a good quote. 

Here is another article that is related to this issue, however it's concern 
is music not writing:

Salon: Courtney Love does the math:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/index.html