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Why It's VITAL To Remember That Big Publishers And Their Sales Departments Always Know Best
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Why It's VITAL To Remember That Big Publishers And Their Sales Departments Always Know Best

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Tom Cox
Feb 18, 2024
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What I always make sure I remember as a writer is that big publishers and their sales departments know exactly what they’re talking about and know more about the world than literally anyone else. A big publisher told me it wouldn’t take one of my books, which was about animals, and said some quite insulting things about it and that animals were “over”. …

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