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> I guess part of the blame goes to our politicians though. There is no universe in which public funds are leeched without political complicity and corruption.
by yunohn 2y ago
> I guess part of the blame goes to our politicians though.
There is no universe in which public funds are leeched without political complicity and corruption. Most likely the publishers benefitted are either related to or provided kickbacks to the influential parties.
- bazoom42 2y agoSorry, is publishing a book which gets a lot of readers through the public libraries now “leeching” and “corruption”?
- serial_dev 2y agoWhat a strawman! Depending on how they got the deal with the library, and how much they get compensated for that, yes it is.
- bazoom42 2y agoWhat do you mean “the deal with the library”? What deal are you referring to? Libraries does not make individual deals with publishers or authors. They buy the books at market price and pay authors some additional royalties determined by objective criteria according to an agreement with the organization for authors and illustrators. It is all public information. If you want to make an accusation of corruption you need to be more specific.