You could say the same about musicians and authors. Are they immoral as well?
But note that I have been very careful not to call the fund managers individually immoral.
Making great art is wonderful, but it's certainly not "work" the same way that digging a ditch or answering tech support calls is.
I was talking specifically about the moral implications of books that can be read without any additional work from the author. This statement is about books, not authors.
> but it's certainly not "work" the same way that digging a ditch
I don't think so. Value comes from utility, not from toil.
I agree, writing great novels is a wonderful thing and a moral positive.
The moral problems begin when writing that book gives you extraordinary power beyond what is healthy for society (which is extremely rare for authors, of course; the discussion isn't really about authors, you just invoked them in an attempt to conjure a moral shield for the people who are the real problem).
And again, even that in itself is still not a moral failing of the individual. It's primarily a failure of the system in which the individual operates.
It does become a moral failing of the individual if the individual uses that power to perpetuate the system.