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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
Hmmm - money in the pocket now and happy readers- vs - projected money in the pocket and unhappy readers maybe if only I had delayed the release??? The eternal question of greed facing publishers today.
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I'm not sure it's necessarily correct to put it in terms of greed. Perhaps it is for this title... but with less successful ones, it may be the difference between the publisher making money on the title (their overzealous and overpriced promotion attempts' cost included in the consideration) or end up eventually remaindering unsold hard covers and paperbacks, and cursing the day they signed on the author.
- Ahi
Ps.: Which doesn't mean publishers aren't greedy... just that some of their greed-oriented actions might be due to genuine financial necessity instead of just some psychotic desire for more cash.