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Originally Posted by kane
yep. Authors could get a ton of downloads, they just don't have a way of monetizing them like bands do. I guess my point wasn't that King could make bank giving them away, just that he could give a ton of them away if he wanted to because he was famous.
I would bet if he sold his books through a cheap online download only he would probably do pretty well though.
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He tried a pay what you want model.
Also must say it was done in parts as well. In the end he made less than what he would normally have with a standard release. That is also keeping in mind that authors get it more rough than musicians do when it comes to what they make and the deals they get.