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		Noos on May 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I won’t buy ebooks anymore How on earth would any author make money from you paying $4 a month? Why don't we pay all computer programmers $10 an hour, that's pretty much the price equivalent of paying what you ask.

hvis on May 31, 2020 [–]

From economies of scale.

The authors where I am the only reader won't make on writing alone either way.

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