2/ but, pragmatically, if video games and movies are sucking all of the profits out of publishing (and that's fine; people can and should choose what media they want to consume), then the end result is that the economics of trad publishing are converging w those of indy >
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3/ It's not 1988. A trad publisher is not going to buy you a custom Michael Whelan cover, they're not going to put you on a book tour, they're not going to get the expensive photographer for the back flap of the dust jacket, etc etc etc. It is what it is.
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4/ and so if trad and indy offer a nearly identical deal (write your novel, edit it, promote it on social media, arrange your own signings and cons - if any - etc) then the difference comes down to * more imprimatur from trad * much much higher slice of $ from indy
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Meh. The only people whose yes matters is the reader who says yes by forking over money, and the only metric that matters is how many there are. Rush Limbaugh’s talk on process oriented vs results oriented people was edifying on this topic
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