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Originally Posted by Phogg
A smaller pool at the legacy publishers, yet a larger and larger ocean to fish from for the consumer.
It hasn't been hard to predict that this was where things would go in the world of writing, since we have an almost exact parallel going on in music.
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Nope.
Much like the hollywood studios, their reliance on high volume sellers drives them to put their money on big payout lottery tickets rather than slow but steady midlist titles. Especially now that midlist/backlist buyers are increasingly receptive to indie titles.
Combine those two trends with declining midlist advances and the process can only accelerate as future midlisters stop submitting, waiting, and praying.
Hollywood studios rarely deal in cozy little movies these days; those are increasingly the province of indies or cable. Corporate publishing is well down that road.