[lbo-talk] Dumb QOTD: What kind of labor produces intellectual property?

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At 06:38 PM 9/4/2011, Tayssir John Gabbour wrote:
>On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > It was a great deal for Verso, which made something like $300,000 from 
> the book.
>
>Interesting... Did a quick search here for Verso; guess I should
>interpret this to be about the sad reality for operating a capitalist
>firm, rather than some kind of lying radicalism on Verso's part.
>(http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2005/2005-March/004892.html)
>
>South End Press is openly radical in organization; but if they
>could've given you a better deal, could distribute your book better,
>etc, then you probably would've gone with them instead...

I seriously doubt he would have gotten a much better deal. People who write 
schlock on the best seller market don't get paid that much:

<http://www.genreality.net/the-reality-of-a-times-bestseller>http://www.genreality.net/the-reality-of-a-times-bestseller