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Quill and Feather Pub [Public] / Re: Article: No one buys books
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on April 27, 2024, 11:15:10 PM »There was quite a bit of discussion of the article and similar items over on Substack. (It may not be immediately obvious, but the article is, in fact, a Substack post. People can use their own domain name on Substack if they want.)
Anyway, I don't recall all of the give-and-take, but the gist was that the quotes in the article don't tell the full story.
Here's a sample of the response. https://countercraft.substack.com/p/yes-people-do-buy-books?
We all know that trad publishing has its issues, but keep in mind that the publishers quoted were involved in antitrust litigation and eager to make the best case they could for how terrible things are.
Anyway, I don't recall all of the give-and-take, but the gist was that the quotes in the article don't tell the full story.
Here's a sample of the response. https://countercraft.substack.com/p/yes-people-do-buy-books?
We all know that trad publishing has its issues, but keep in mind that the publishers quoted were involved in antitrust litigation and eager to make the best case they could for how terrible things are.