I enjoy good writing, but the only writing I'm willing to pay for is print books (I just bought a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fall of Gondolin", the hardcover

I enjoy good writing, but the only writing I'm willing to pay for is print books (I just bought a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fall of Gondolin", the hardcover, illustrated one by HarperCollins). I don't want to pay for newspapers, for investigative journalism, or for long form article magazines like The Atlantic or The New Yorker. Nevermind Medium of all places, because Medium has no barrier of entry. No gatekeeping (and, given how easy it is to merely write a blurb of text, I have rather high standards for what I choose to pay to read). I'd rather consume from the likes of Amazon and have them run these writing platforms (e.g. WaPo) at a loss. Which means I'm paying for writers, in the end, just in a very indirect way. This sits well with me. But if the choice before me was to pay for writers directly (like Medium), or let non-book writers as a profession disappear, I'd opt for the latter. You may criticize this attitude. I assume the responsibility for that and I'm being honest.