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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Nowadays, though, the odds are getting better...
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That's hard to imagine given how the number of books released goes up every year, both
in toto, and, especially, taking self-published only.
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the number of self-published titles in 2012 jumped to more than 391,000, up 59 percent over 2011 and 422 percent over 2007.
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So it seems to me that every year, the odds must be getting worse.
The lesson here for Hugh-Howey-and-friend type research is that even if it was valid, it might be of historical interest only.
Unless the self-pub authors here actually want more competitors, the last thing you should desire is for Howey to be believed. Don't you have enough competition already? Now, I'm not saying you should denounce good science just because it goes against your interests. But junk science? Why not?