Publishing's decline 'leaves writers on breadline' - The Scotsman

"It is all the wrong way around. Like most of life, the people with too much money have astonishing ranges of ways to keep it.

"Everything these days is down to profit. People don't count much. If you don't earn much nobody is that bothered about you.

"They (publishers) can make squillions from a book that will sell all around the world in 56 different translations.

It is hard to fault the monetary logic."