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Old 10-02-2009, 01:03 PM   #94
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by Blue Tyson View Post
Current (major) publishing doesn't maximise the number of good books published. It attempts to maximise those they think will sell a lot.
True, but then again, if we assume that most authors want to be read by as many people as possible, then most authors will also write in a way to maximize readers.

Ultimately it comes down to a question of what makes a good book. To many publishers, Dan Brown writes a good book... to the literary elite, well.. not so much .

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