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I think we have to expect, and your experiment proves it to an extent, that the money is just not there any longer in fiction. The mid list was destroyed a long time ago in print, and it has zero chance of surviving in the digital age. For a very few people there's a living to be made. A very few. Those anointed into the Baen 'clique'. A few flukes here and there who just happen into an audience. A couple others who have the knack of self-promotion. The rest are dead in the water, even those signed to a publishing deal.
Kind of invigorating, no?
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