Re: “I couldn’t follow the conversation as reported on the blog. It is unclear if Ayers is ‘kidding’.”
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He could be — or not — he may think that publicly grabbing ownership will throw people off-base and cause them to think, aw nah, he’s just kidding.
The other “nuance” is that ghost-writes do NOT get royalties... as he so glibly states he will share. He got paid cold cash, no doubt.