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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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My point is it’s 90% misallocated effort and the industry is kinda a dinosaur like buggywhip makers miraculously managing to continue selling whips to a market which had moved on from horses to cars. It feels like car owners buying whips as a backup 😂
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I bought self-published paperback from an artist recently for $25, her cost is $19 making it (practically) impossible for anyone to carry it + pay her anything. I suggested Kindle, she can charge less + get more $ but she's an older person, thinks having physical book important.
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For an art book I agree. Kindle is bad. Even for technical books with lots of graphs or boxes, it's bad. The digital solution is actually a rich website with a paywall I think. Comics are finally getting nearly good enough in specialized apps.
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