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Originally Posted by Fbone
Actually, I was referring to Larsson, Meyer and Dan Brown. I have never read anything by JK Rowling. And to be honest, I've read only samples by the other three but it was enough. LOL
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When anyone complains about Larsson's books I'd like to give them a shake. Those were all published post-mortem and in Swedish. I doubt that if he had gottena book deal from the first book that it would've been edited or possibly rewritten into a tighter more readable version. And there's a translating issue as well. Is the Swedish as turgid? Maybe, but it's a data point nonetheless.
As for profitability of epubs, yes, there's no printing, warehousing or return issues but that doesn't mean that doing an epub is free. Good, professional level editing and proofreading is expensive and should be and doing a good and again, professional, layout isn't free either. Going that route has upfront costs but the ultimate package is *worth* something. Otherwise it becomes the same as a paint-by-numbers picture at a garage sale. "You want HOW much for that?!"