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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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.
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Well, yes, there are different levels of widgets and some widgets are big-name widgets and most are small-name widgets, and big-name widgets are more valuable and (interchangeably) deserving of special concessions, like dedicated release months.
What is your point???