“But I’d like to think I’m speaking on behalf of all authors who are caught in this trap. “At the moment, the situation with discounting online, in supermarkets and book chains is absurdly unfair. A price for a book is not fair unless it guarantees the writer a decent return.”Pullman is not the only writer taking a stand. Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I was going to get approximately three or four pence per book’ … Ella Bella Ballerina author James Mayhew. “Most readers want a wide variety of books to choose from, not just a small selection of big-budget titles,” she said.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2017 04:52 UTC