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Originally Posted by typatterson67
i am a SP author and obviously an unknown one. the readers who have read me do so because they want to try thrillers (my genre) by new authors - which is different from going outside mainstream...unless of course you meant the same thing
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I would say it's more about finding things to read that the mainstream publishers have either lost interest in or never had any interest in to start with. I always use the example of a fictional book set within the seedy world of professional snail racing. It's never going to be a best seller, so no publisher would touch it, but anyone with a passing interest in snail racing will want to read it. it's about being a small fish in a puddle. Writing within the mainstream you'll just be swamped by all the other writers, unless you're extremely lucky.