Thread: Death of the agency model?
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Old 04-02-2012, 05:07 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by BuddyBoy View Post
Janet Evanovich is a case in point - her old publisher was struggling just to meet her $10 million a book advance, and when she wanted $12.5 million, they had to let her go. Now her new publisher is pushing her to turn out 2 titles a year (and they'd already been declining in writing quality) since they have no backlist of her titles to offset the costs.

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Not to make them out as altruistic entities, but they aren't entirely the rapacious, money-grubbing breed we all tend to make them out to be.
Wait a minute, publishers make an asinine business decision, and I'm supposed to feel sorry for them? Screw that, they can either figure out a way to deliver a product at a price point that the consumer wants (in sufficient volume to make a profit), or they can go out of business.
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