Hi Stephen,
Do expand on this, I'm interested to know why you're not convinced about
having readers, if this is what you mean by numbers game? We weren't
equating readership with quality, though I was asserting that one must
equate readership with literature.
I'm not quite sure how book readers are being equated with the exploitation
of coffee manufacturers -- I don't think readers are capitalists because
they're reading a book? Unless you think that writers are being exploited by
publishers and readers are culpable?
You're quite right that books out of copyright can be reprinted using
digital technology.
I think one could make a further assertion that the sword is mightier than
the pen. I don't personally think writing can defeat violence.
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