And do recall that readers are the people who matter
here, not some little wannabe «author» angrily
shaking his
fist at what amounts to a net positive change for all three groups: «authors,» «writers,» and readers.
A book like Blackbirds has gone on to sell in various other countries (France, Turkey, Poland, Germany) and has had, erm, other licensing success that I can't talk about
here yet — *
shakes fist * — which puts it in very comfortable financial territory for a book most publishers seemed to love but believed they could not sell.