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Old 12-08-2010, 02:04 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by queentess View Post
Not to mention the cost of rent and salaries, which directly impact book prices.
Yes.

The real reason that big publishers are dropping mid list authors isn't that they're not profitable, it's that they're not profitable _enough_. Working out of NYC imposes a very high operations cost which has to be recouped.

And the other reason mid list authors are being dropped is that publishers are being pushed by their media conglomerate owners to be more profitable than is really a good idea.
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