The most-disliked people in the publishing industry

 (woman-of-letters.com)

25 points | by Caiero 3 days ago

4 comments

  • tclancy 1 hour ago
    That was a fantastic read, thanks for the link!
  • christkv 1 hour ago
    Most books are loss leaders for publishing houses very few are profitable and even fewer are massively profitable. They keep publishing books that barely anybody reads because they have to have a diverse catalog.
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    • BigTTYGothGF 0 minutes ago
      > they have to have a diverse catalog.

      They have to have a diverse catalog because they don't know in advance which books will be the big sellers.

  • bryanrasmussen 2 hours ago
    > I am giving a huge corporation a product to sell, but I am doing it for a fraction of what it cost me to produce that product.

    well, relatively huge by the article's own admission.

    on edit: changed but to by

  • The_Goonies1985 25 minutes ago
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