And the point is: everyone does say the midlist is dying. Of course, everyone's been saying that since 1990, but watching the change since the '80s, I would say that it is definitely harder, now.
But there are many reasons for that beyond prejudices held by agents and editors. Mainly, I think, the rise of the big chains and the change in tax law that made books in warehouses taxable. I agree that small presses seem to be helping the problem, as is Amazon.
I don't write literary fiction, though I like to think I maintain a certain level of literacy in my books, and I'm not a big seller. Still less am I very good at writing a sales pitch. Yet I found it possible to get an agent and my agent found it possible to sell my books.
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Date: 2009-04-23 10:13 pm (UTC)But there are many reasons for that beyond prejudices held by agents and editors. Mainly, I think, the rise of the big chains and the change in tax law that made books in warehouses taxable. I agree that small presses seem to be helping the problem, as is Amazon.
I don't write literary fiction, though I like to think I maintain a certain level of literacy in my books, and I'm not a big seller. Still less am I very good at writing a sales pitch. Yet I found it possible to get an agent and my agent found it possible to sell my books.