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Originally Posted by KNI
The one discouraging factor - that some idiot publisher turned the book down, of course not knowing who really wrote it - but that a work of this quality could be rejected by any qualified publisher is truly an indictment of the publishing industry. No wonder so many newer authors go to self publishing via the electronic route.
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It wasn't turned down for being badly written, but simply because the publisher didn't think it would sell well.
And, until JK Rowling's name was attached to it, it didn't sell well, so they were right.