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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Why, do you think they are in the business for the sake of art?
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I think they are in business to make money. With books, as with most art forms, the focus is on what is known in the business as the talent. A lot of publishing houses or imprints will space out the books by their top authors so they don't conflict. For example, Jim Baen rarely had a new Weber book come out in the same month as a new Bujold book. Treating books as widgets implies that there is no difference between books. That is very much _not_ the business model of most publishers. Most are looking for the next big name, the next Clancy or Rowling.