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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Since Baen is a Macmillan imprint, I'd then say that big five publisher Macmillan openly supports authors from all parts of the political spectrum.
If by openly support you mean pays the author an advance -- and I don't know of another objective measure -- I could come up with examples of a self-identified liberal/progressive authors, and self-identified conservative/traditionalist authors, from each of the big publishers.
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I meant 'published openly and unambiguously political books' - usually I find fiction publishers go for one or the other end of the spectrum in what they choose to put on the market, or keep very quiet about politics altogether. Baen's the one that I know made a point of having authors across the political spectrum. I haven't heard of other publishers particularly doing it, but if there are I'd be happy to check them out.
Baen worked to have a distinct presence and focus, and that's what we're discussing in the thread. I really don't think the head of MacMillan (or any Big 5 publisher) cares about presenting a distinctive brand of books. Ain't no big CEO got time for that. They care about having a group of imprints that are each profitable. The imprints or smaller publishers are the ones that try to target their books.
EDIT: Are you sure Baen isn't it's own publisher? That's what I thought it was.
EDIT2: Ninja'd by AnemicOak