Cover Story: Susan Isaacs: The Insider Interview
The bestselling author talks candidly about changes in the industry, and how she thinks publishers and authors can better work together.
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Are the big six publishers in danger of becoming obsolete?
● Not obsolete, but they're in danger of becoming the big three. I think they'll figure something out but I think sooner or later they're going to get competition. Just as they missed the boat so far with ebooks. So you have people who are visionary [she mentions Open Road's Jane Friedman], but I can see a bunch of writers getting together and creating a United Artists, publishing themselves and not splitting 50-50 with an Open Road or whatever the percentages are for other companies. Publishers have downsized so much that they can't sell their frontlist. How the hell are they going to sell the backlist?
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