How publishing really, really works

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Tue Jan 13, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman

How publishing really, really works

I should note that this is mainly regarding prose book publishing. Comics and graphic novels have much more motor oil and livestock. (Hat tip: Cory Doctorow.)

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Marc Alan Fishman (9:43 PM on Tue Jan 13, 2009)

They forgot the part where the authors themselves have to travel to conventions to hock the books like the shills they are. Sometimes though, they get lucky, and people from Comicmix buys their book... and from that... well. nothing really. :)

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