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Originally Posted by theducks
Do the readers really love indie?
Or was it a simple effect of the Trad Pub only publishing-distributing. What made the cut (not that I blame them... It is about making MONEY  ) was what was available to the user. (There were always 'Vanity' presses, but someone had to fund the run)
e-publishing just opened another path to the end user that was previously closed or limited due to initial expense.  |
Or it could simply be that the Trad Pub doesn't publicize their numbers, so the estimates that these analysis report reflect more of the numbers that they have access to, rather than the numbers they don't have access to. Number one rule in the business world, never confuse the report with reality. Ever since I read authors who are willing to talk about their actual numbers say that the estimates are not accurate, I've tended to take such reports with a big grain of salt.