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>BTW, authors can't afford cheapskates.
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And I can't afford most authors of technical books because for every ten that I've bought, 9 have been useless.
We don't have a word like cheapskate for the authors of worthless books and the companies that publish them, but I think it would be stronger than cheapskate if it existed.

I'm happy to say that some of the most valuable books I've bought have been from authors who have posted here.