You might want to check who you're replying to. cstross isn't as famous as Stephen King, but in science fiction he's one of the best-known contemporary authors.
Personally, I'm in a very different sector of the book market than cstross, but what I know is entirely consistent with what he said.
My parents were in the book business as both retail and book distributors; my sister is a published author, my brother owns a 30-employee publishing company. I left the book industry for my first love, computers, a while back; but the numbers I threw out are still the norm for the industry.
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You might want to check who you're replying to. cstross isn't as famous as Stephen King, but in science fiction he's one of the best-known contemporary authors.
Personally, I'm in a very different sector of the book market than cstross, but what I know is entirely consistent with what he said.
My parents were in the book business as both retail and book distributors; my sister is a published author, my brother owns a 30-employee publishing company. I left the book industry for my first love, computers, a while back; but the numbers I threw out are still the norm for the industry.