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@miriamrobern So, an interesting thing I've found, especially in Sci Fi/Fantasy, is that publishers look at word counts. Multiple publishers I've heard from said that a Sci Fi/Fantasy book needs a certain word count because they put the same amount of money into bigger books as smaller books, so bigger books are worth more. And readers will pick up a bigger book before they will a smaller book that costs the same because then they feel like they're getting their money's worth.

It's fucking capitalism destroying everything. It's not about the story, it's not about the writing, it's not about the breath and voice of the words. I's volume. Content. I hate it.

One publisher actually said "Ursula K. Le Guin would never get published today."

Think about that.