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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
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.
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I did not say anything about literary authors. Baen publish mid-list books in SF. There are a lot of SF authors that are much better than most of the Baen authors. Technically better and overall better as writers. And who will sell much more copies than the mid-list books Baen are selling.
Dan Brown sell a lot of copies but are not a good author or writer. But somebody selling book can also be a good author. What I said do not imply what you think it implies. (You have made the common mistake of thinking that an implication is an equivalence).