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Old 08-16-2012, 03:06 PM   #116
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The point is that single examples does not say anything about probabilities and so on. I mean people win on lottery all the time but that does not mean that it is rational to buy a lottery ticket.

So I am curious about what the numbers really are.
What are the numbers for trad-pubbed authors?

Just because an author gets picked up by a trad-pub be it because their book was a work of art or because they fit the market for what's hot at the time and were halfway decently written doesn't guarantee they'll be successful. A lot of books never earn out their advance let alone makes tons of money or sales for the author.
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