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Publishers are also corporations

• keithpeter 12y ago
  But authors and other cultural producers tend to be individuals who enter into contracts with corporations to 'outsource' the routine stuff (publishing, distribution) and to smooth out income variations (advances against royalties). As a first gen post here has pointed out authors have no control over what is happening in these essentially corporate negotiations.
• benluke 12y ago
  And they care about as much about the authors and their rights as Amazon does.