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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Well, if that's the reality you want to believe in, by all mean, don't let me stand in your way. People said the same thing about the record companies and the movie studios. They still exists, of course. It does strike me as humorous that I can be told that one shouldn't expect an indie to compete with the big blockbusters on one hand, but the traditional publishing houses are on the way out on the other.
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And in your reality, if anything I said in my post led you to believe I think traditional publishing houses are on their way out, then you need some help with reading comprehension.
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Perhaps your point is that mid tier and authors having trouble finding a publisher can now turn to indie publishing. If that's the point, I agree with you.
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No. That wasn't my point at all. I thought my point was stated rather clearly:
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
With more and more frequency, traditional publishers will have to accept the hybrid contract that tomorrow's blockbuster authors are going to have the leverage to negotiate.
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In the future, more and more authors (regardless of their "tier") are going to be in a position to secure more favorable terms from traditional publishers--because the game has changed
today. Even though some people's realities may not allow them to believe that.