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Originally Posted by tompe
Exactly. Publishing is betting or a kind of lottery. So of course there will be winners using different methods. But the interesting things is which method that gives most winners.
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How about the one that gives the best returns to the mid-listers?
Stephen King and James Patterson and the rest of the royalty of the publishing world will get paid no matter what.
But the mid-listers? The journeymen 30,000 unit sellers getting dumped? The authors with a long series and declining sales? The genre writers looking to branch out?
They may have no other choice than betting on themselves if they actually want a *chance* to make a living at writing.
The environment is changing; those that adapt stand a better chance of surviving.
It doesn't *have* to be a lottery!