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Originally Posted by clavus
The publishers thought that my work was "not strong enough to be commercially successful."
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Many publishers aren't willing to take any risks today.
they are all waiting for the discovery of the new of their Harry Potter, Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, John Grisham, etc. But they won't bet on newcomers. The Frankfurt Book show is coming up... and the authors have already been selected for the year...
it isn't much different from other industries.
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