Board Thread:Spoilers/@comment-96.228.137.74-20160311185338/@comment-26247132-20160326211403

It has the potential be a self-correcting market. A fanfic author starts writing fanfic and grows an audience. They eventually post their next work for purchase. Either everyone buys it because the author is that good or no one buys it because the author is not quite there yet. Some of these fanfic authors deserve  to make money because they're that good and should be published but they probably never will because the publishing industry is a mess.