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How Authors Can Overcome the 10 Mistakes Big Publishers Make
by, Jill Swenson
February 18, 2011

So you want to get your book published, but your chances of securing a contract with a big publisher continue to diminish and they bleed financially. Amazon undercuts the publishers’ price; making it increasingly difficult to recover production costs. Borders files for bankruptcy this week while the small and independent bookstores of Main Street continue to close up shop. J.E. Fishman of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Acquisition Editors, advances, Amazon, Authors, Borders, Business, Copyright, J.E. Fishman, Publishers, Readers, Story Business
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