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Originally Posted by Demingy
I've always been curious, what determines if an author is a "big name author"? I know there's the obvious few that just about everyone has heard of even if they don't read, but that seems to be a relatively short list based on the entire population.
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I would say that the rule of thumb is an author who most of the book buying public knows and who generates significant sales based on their name recognition. One could also narrow it down to specific genres so someone like David Weber would be a big name author in the SF&F genre, even if his name recognition in the general public isn't up there like J.K. Rowling, for example.