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Most books (including all of mine) sell less less than 5000 copies because that’s what they deserve not because they need a 2 year ooga booga. Most books should get low quality, quick production if the material even deserves bookification, and get polished post-publication
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The industry is built on unnecessary authorial Stockholm syndrome around a game of gatekeepers generally not worth playing for 90% who try. Self-publish, keep 10x more of the money, ditch quality fetishes unless you like doing it yourself, save trees.
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FWIW I don't disagree with this at all. I probably should have added something about self-publishing. I wasn't trying to say that there aren't a lot of benefits to it, only that if you are trad publishing most of the timeline is eaten up in things like edits and promotion.
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lol. Although has the market moved on ? Ebook growth has stalled and print still somehow dominates book sales. Obviously some people make a lot of money with ebooks, but with the overall market print still is king which means dealing with retail if you go that route
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Text on the internet absolutely dwarfs books though As a blog native I’ve never thought of paper books as anything more than an archival curiosity and something to give my parents as a souvenir. 9 of my 10 volumes are ebook only and do good enough sales for me at 10x margin
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