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Originally Posted by darryl
@fjtorres. Thank you for clearing up my misconceptions in this area. Things for the Big 5 are even worse than I thought. And their tactics still seem to consist of trying to put off the inevitable as long as possible. Where is their vision for the future?
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You do understand that there are two sides of the story. As with all things, one can find the one or two exceptions that prove the rule. Quite a few authors have been heavily publicized by the big publishers, including most best selling authors. Those best selling authors don't just magically appear on Oprah, or any of the other multitude of tv and radio shows. Sure there are those who automatically dismiss the idea that anything good can come from the big publishers and sing high praises to Amazon's "independent" program. But the flip side is if Amazon's program is so wonderful and the big publishers so bad, why do so many authors who start out as indies, turn to the big name publishers and why do so few big name authors go purely indie? These facts are pretty hard to explain if you buy the narrative being pushed. They are pretty easy to explain if you accept the idea that publishing houses do provide value to authors.