tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post3887347902676010431..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Authors getting poorerFrank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-80599798344865188722015-09-17T19:05:39.421-04:002015-09-17T19:05:39.421-04:00Every community may have good painters, sculptors,...Every community may have good painters, sculptors, and architects. Damn few have any that are great. How many great painters did Tuscany produce over two hundred years?<br /><br />' Artists of all types have been caught up in capitalist "industries" that created a few mass market winners, and left unknowns.... well unknown except to family and friends. The corporate monopoly created to make us all believe their is a shortage of talent is falling apart.'<br /><br />OK, how many artists can this person name from pre-capitalist or non-capitalist societies? And what is this corporate monopoly? I am astonished, now and then, to see how much Pearson owns, but we are some ways from monopoly in the publishing world.<br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com