• @ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    25 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.

    • Ann Archy
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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

      • @ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        15 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.