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Parasites On The Back Of Real BooksPosted at 7:00AM Tuesday 27 Jul 2010 Andrew Wylie is right about one thing: no one owes publishers a living. If publishers aren't serving authors and readers (including readers of e-books) they should go down with their backs to the wall. But will Wylie's operation serve authors better? Almost certainly not. They will almost certainly get higher royalties (though Wylie is giving nothing away about how generous – or mean – he is being). But this misses a golden business principle: it is more important to look at the size of the cake than worry about the thickness of the slice.
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