• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      There would be SUCH a revolt from authors if publishers tried to do something to legislate libraries away that I doubt any new books would be released for decades.

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        5 months ago

        Oh no. Everyone knows The Party fears a revolt of academics and intellectuals more than anything. My man, they’re always the first ones to go.

        “You can judge the degree of civilization by looking at who is imprisoned” / Dostojevskij

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          5 months ago

          Who’s talking about imprisonment? I’m talking about another writer’s strike, leaving publishers with nothing to publish for months or years. With their margins already razor-thin, they have to know that they’d just be done if they tried any funny business.