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Originally Posted by darryl
I will add myself to that list. I also pay little attention to who is publishing a book. I was not aware of any publishing house having a particular voice and quite frankly cannot imagine myself liking most of the books put out by a particular publishing house.
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I seem to recall several here talking about the Baen monthly bundles, so I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only person on this board who is at least aware of who Baen books is. I suspect that most long time SF/F fans in the US are aware of who John Campbell, Donald Wollheim and Ian and Betty Ballentine are and have quite a few books originally published by DAW, Ace and Ballentine books on their shelves. I know I do. Certainly, the publishing house wasn't what I looked at when I was looking for books in the bookstore, but the little emblem on the spine of the books did catch my eye.
Perhaps it's a genre thing, or that the original publisher is more important that the local publisher. But when I look over at my book shelves, I see a lot of books by the same publishers - Del Rey, Avon, Tor, Ace and Baen. It's likely not as important these days, especially for people who buy ebooks, but at one time, the publisher could be extremely influential.