“When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.” WayLiteratureMediaReaderBlessingPressureDollarsMarketplaceDukesPatron Author:David Talbot
“Comic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile.” KnowsWantBookHardGivenReaderOffersImportanceDollarsAverageCreatorTinyDespiteComicCorporateShopsAbandonedComic BookSelectionScopeFractionsBook Readers Author:Scott McCloud
“Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these.” ReaderDollarsBillions Author:George R. R. Martin
“To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise. The web model is just so much more complicated, and involves this third party of advertisers, and all these other sources of revenue that are sort of provisional, but haven't been proven yet.” SimplePartyPaySupportHavensSourceReaderModelsThirdsDollarsComplicatedEnterprisePrintProvenRevenueBusiness ModelsAdvertisersThird Parties Author:Dave Eggers
“We've lost that very simple transaction that's so pure, where a reader can say, "I support what you're doing, here's my dollar. I know that you guys are gonna be watchdogs or keep the government accountable, so here's my 50-cent contribution each day." It's just so tidy, and I think so inspiring.” ThinkingKnowsGovernmentGuyLostSimpleSupportReaderPureDollarsContributionEach DayCentsTransactionsTidy Author:Dave Eggers
“I'm a pop culture junkie. I'm a People magazine reader, an US Weekly subscriber; all of those celebrity magazines get my dollar.” PeopleCultureReaderDollarsPopsMagazinesPop CultureJunkie Author:Laurie Foos