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Yes. While I agree that mid-listers are in for a bit of a rocky(er) road ahead, I don't think this particular sad story should be taken as some sort of Sign o' the Times harbinger. Far more prominent authors than Johnny-Did-Well-On-The-German-Paperback-Charts have "displacement" sob-stories where their careers/book-series were jeopardized by evil publishers, inept agents, fickle editors, and best-seller-pimping bookstores long before the ebook/online-bookstore revolution was ever dreamed of. The new publishing frontier didn't invent the "talented guy can't catch a break even when he does everything right" scenario. Dumbass Luck and I Got Screwed have always been players in the game of writing/publishing.
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