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Originally Posted by JenniferErickson
...I'm not sure that anyone really knows "what customers will pay for" until after they pay for it.
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They might not know for dead sure, but they can take a pretty good guess. They'd be out of business if they couldn't. That's the big difference between people who make it in publishing and people who don't: their ability to pick winners. Or sellers, in this case.
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And sometimes "what customers will pay for" is, as far as I can tell, really awful writing.
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Sadly, that is all too true.
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And once buyers get their books home, how many people actually read them?
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That doesn't matter to a publisher. For all they care, buyers could all want
Twilight to support the short leg on the couch (that's a lot of saggy couches) ... but they don't care. As long as the book sells, they're happy.