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Subject:RE: The Lone Writer From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:09:13 -0500
The question was, why are rates lower.
The original question asked nothing of why are people accepting lower rates.
The enforcement is a different issue. Enforcement isn't part of why they're
accepting lower rates. It's part of what to do with those who do.
I realize that this is a philosophical discussion. However, the root cause
of the lower rates is people accepting lowering their rates. The direct
cause of WHY they are doing it has its own different direct root cause.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
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Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 1:45 PM
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Subject: Re: The Lone Writer
John Posada <john -at- tdandw -dot- com> wrote:
>The reason for the decline in rates is that when they were offered, they
>were accepted. The reason they were accepted doesn't interest me. You don't
>see doctors or lawyers taking rate cuts because of the economy. If writers
>had refused to accept the lower rates, the rates would still be the same.
If *some* writers had refused to accept lower rates, *their* rates would be
the same. No one (or fewer people) would be paying them, but their rate
sheets would be the same. If you are arguing that *all* writers should have
kept their rates static, well, I don't see how you enforce that
non-violently.
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