a publisher faces the following demand schedule for the next novel from one of its popular authors: price quantity demanded (dollars) (copies) 40 0 36 50,000 32 100,000 28 150,000 24 200,000 20 250,000 16 300,000 12 350,000 8 400,000 4 450,000 0 500,000 the author is paid $800,000 to write the novel, and the marginal cost of publishing the novel is a constant $4 per copy.