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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Sorry, I should've said they haven't been. 
But I think my analysis will continue to be valid at least as long as the tradpubs retain copyright ownership of the backlist.
Well, they might die slowly of a thousand paper cuts on the oddball bestseller... |
The backlist will ensure something with the name survives.
Just as there still is *something* named MGM.
But it sure bears little resemblance to the MGM of the past.
Tradpub will survive but the longer term trends are all back to the future; small specialty houses. The way it was before the multinationals took over.
That there have been no monster hits in the past two years is a clear sign that money is being spread around across a lot more titles, with nothing dominating the landscape enough to build the buzz needed to create the bandwagon effect. That is not a bad thing for readers.