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I think the modern era of publishing will change the paradigm that "it takes a long time to write a good book." I am of the opinion that publishers made us miss out a lot of good works for arbitrary reasons. Take Lovecraft. Other than Weird Tales and a few journals, he wasn't a very well received author in the publishing community. He kept writing regardless, but I'd like to imagine in a digital world where he could have said "Oh, well, time to post it myself," Lovecraft would be discovered.
Nevermind the fact that some of the biggest book successes aren't particularly well written or good (see "50 Shades of Grey" which started out as Fanfiction); they just hit that sweet spot that people want.
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