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Old 04-20-2012, 05:04 AM   #541
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Exactly how have that been seen? From my perspective it is still all about sustainability and long term survival or adaption to a book market that promotes good writing.
"Good writing" is a purely subjective decision. If you mean "good writing" in the classical elitist "literary" sense, approved by Pulitzer and such (some years) then that has always been a minority taste. The BPH couldn't exist in their current form if that was all they published, they have been supported financially by the mass market "popular" writing sold at a considerable profit.

Problem is popular authors don't need the BPH anymore.

There goes the BPH main financial profit support. They're worried they are about to see their chair collapse and they'll be on their ass on the floor. I think they're probably right. And I don't think there's much they're going to be able to do to avoid it.
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