Thread: Publishers still valuable in the age of ebooks and Internet access?
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Old 07-13-2011, 05:13 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Hamlet53 View Post
it's the job of the publisher to help to sift and winnow the good stuff from the bad. Guest: [/URL]
Publishers choose books that they think will make them money. Good or bad doesn't really come into it. Michael Jackson dies, lots of books about Michael Jackson come out. The news says some kid got locked up in a basement for 20 years, books about kids locked in basements come out.
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