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Originally Posted by tompe
The find authors that will sell books. They are not necessarily good authors.
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So a good author is one who ... doesn't ... sell books?
Ah, yes, the "literary" authors, who are so Special and so Refined that the poor peons of the world can't
understand them. Only the Special and Refined people can understand how great they are. The people who support Art. Y'know, Art like the kind Jack the Dripper made. Art-house movies may be Special too, but there's a reason nobody makes a fortune (or, usually, even a living) off of creating them.
And, the last I looked, a publisher's job was to find authors who will sell books. Publishing only those Special and Refined authors who don't sell books is a quick ticket to the unemployment line.