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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Interesting to see how representatives from the publishing houses cling on to status quo ca 2005. They really have a hard time embracing change.
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If your boss fired you and recommended you "embrace change," would you be happy about it?
If you read that the publishers fired 1/3 of their employees, dropped 1/2 of their authors from their rolls, and slashed advances by 25%, would you laud their business acumen or call them a bunch of cutthroats?**
Are you glad that so many people want to work with publishers, that they are swamped by unsolicited manuscripts, and won't look at a book unless it's brought to them by an agent?
Are you looking forward to the day when Amazon is the most influential paper book retailer, ebook retailer, self-publishing outlet
and publisher?
** Publishers are already cutting midlist authors, which posters to MR generally regarded as the kind of mistake that is putting them out of business....