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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://idiomdrottning.org/objects/c1fe1749-e19a-4731-9d4b-38946748bfae">Sandra (sandra@idiomdrottning.org)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 22:07:23 JST</a><a href="https://idiomdrottning.org/users/Sandra" title="sandra@idiomdrottning.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/105429-48-20230308131752.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Sandra" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Sandra</a></section><article>The whole idea that we authors should make money by selling copies of texts, and that the price of those copies should be jacked up by artificial scarcity, has pretty broken in practice.<br><br>The gap between the best-seller authors and the second tier is immense. It's not a graduated slope where they sell a tiny bit more.<br><br><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81637-is-publishing-too-top-heavy.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81637-is-publishing-too-top-heavy.html</a></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2073262#notice-4070434">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-09-18T22:07:23+09:00" title="Monday, 18-Sep-2023 22:07:23 JST">Monday, 18-Sep-2023 22:07:23 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://idiomdrottning.org/objects/c1fe1749-e19a-4731-9d4b-38946748bfae" rel="external" title="Sent from idiomdrottning.org via ActivityPub">idiomdrottning.org</a></span></span><a href="https://idiomdrottning.org/objects/c1fe1749-e19a-4731-9d4b-38946748bfae">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.publishersweekly.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81637-is-publishing-too-top-heavy.html">Is Publishing Too Top-Heavy?</a></h5><div></div></header><div>As megabestsellers command more of publishers’ marketing budgets and retailers’ shelf space, breaking out the next crop of hit makers has become a challenge.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Sandra (sandra@idiomdrottning.org)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 22:07:23 JST Sandra
The whole idea that we authors should make money by selling copies of texts, and that the price of those copies should be jacked up by artificial scarcity, has pretty broken in practice.

The gap between the best-seller authors and the second tier is immense. It's not a graduated slope where they sell a tiny bit more.

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