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Originally Posted by fjtorres

A tradpub editor, I assume.
The thing to look out for is the newcomers who skip the whole agent tradpub merry-go-round to take their chances in the indie world.

Which could lead to things like this:

http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/1.../#.VGD93-rD_MI

Yes, a trad publisher.

Yes, I have suspected that trend because some of the indies who have signed deals had sold THOUSANDS of copies--and I mean 100,000 or more copies already. And the publishers still have to get the word out to buyers who are harder to reach (those not online or who buy more often from bookstores. Or those who buy 10 or less books per year). And those same publishers are not any better than they were about getting that word out. The indie authors have already DONE what they can so when they get a print deal or other deal, they can't necessarily expand to a different audience.

It's hard to find an audience. And it can be fleeting. Some of it is timing, some luck and some of it chance. I think the publishers thought picking up a popular indie was a shortcut. But I also think that PR was still needed. Work to get the word out was still required. And another book to follow those that succeeded...