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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/bo...publ.html?_r=1
I would rather the industry spend money on wooing new authors, providing more electronic books, and overall spending more on improving the quality and quantity of books available. [QUOTE]
Does the Times mean that when publishers go to London and Frankfurt they actually go to PARTIES and DINNERS? I'm shocked, shocked!
I don't know about you, but if a publisher buys my book (or agrees to a nice royalty percentage) and actually MARKETS it, I'd be perfectly happy to do it over email or pizza, wouldn't you?