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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Absolutely.
But consider that, however crude, this study is the first head to head data we've seen of successful indie versus successful tradpub.
Most reports compare the gatekept, "successful" tradpub books to the entire indie "volcano of crap". This looks at the top ebook sellers indiscriminately to see how successful succesful can be.
It is a study for writers, not agents, publishers, or readers.
(Though it can be educational for us readers, too.)
To help them see what others have achieved when they write a good book and it sells. What they can aspire to.
I see it primarily as Howey providing new writers a calibration chart for expectations.
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It's a calibration chart for success, not for expectations.
Getting into the top 1% is not a reasonable expectation for the majority of entrants in any field.