> then publishing costs increase to cover that loss, and therefore hurting the authors who must cover that increase in future WHAT?! Does that mean it's the au

> then publishing costs increase to cover that loss, and therefore hurting the authors who must cover that increase in future WHAT?! Does that mean it's the authors who pay publishers to get their work published? Is that really true? And then publishers also charge readers for what they were paid to publish in the first place? If so then... I don't even... :)