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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
It sounds to me like you *are* trying to take the element of talent completely way from Turow. Because if he was just "lucky," then success is purely random and shouldn't people who are "successful" don't deserve any credit for what they actually have achieved.
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Then I fear you're misreading my point.
(I am in no way a supporter of Malcom Gladwell's OUTLIERS theory, okay?)
He was lucky in the sense that he didn't spend years getting a dozen rejections, like Rowling (and others), before finding a publisher willing to publish his book. *That* connection is pretty much the luck of the draw and has nothing to do with the quality of the book or his talent.
Because he *didn't* spend years fighting with the big publishers and because his talent has brought him a lot of success he is not in the best of positions to judge the changes sweeping through the industry. Most people tend to judge by their experiences and his experiences with the BPHs have been golden.
*His* experience is that the universe took care of him.
Few others can say that, even among his peers.