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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Author/publishers. By refusing to sign away their assets and prospering.
The authors signing the predatory contracts are focused on validation, not economics. If they're willing to be paid in validation instead of cash, so be it.
But over time the number of authors doing so is going to decline, if nothing else because the corporate publishers are going to be signing up less of them, even when willing. The trends are for less midlist releases with lower advances and many (if not most) of those being ebook only. The bulk of the BPHs' focus is going to go to their established name authord.
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The problem is that authors are starting change their minds about traditional publishing, that it doesn't really valid date much any more.
So many authors have had success with self publishing or going through small publishers that many are going that route for the freedom that they get as a result.
Don't get me wrong, I think traditional publishing will be around for a while but soon it will be only the top sellers. There will be no mid list authors in traditional publishing in not too long.