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Loans from Big Brother: There’s Hope for Small Publishers

By Esa Grigsby

December 13, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Loans from Big Brother: There’s Hope for Small Publishers

Will Self asserts that the great literary fiction novel is falling from popular demand and will only continue in society as a source of entertainment for a select few. History preserved in the present, like “easel painting or classical music . . . a subject for historical scholarship rather than public discourse.” In a world where big publishers absorb smaller publishers at an alarming rate, I’ve started thinking perhaps he’s right, but what is an aspiring publisher to do?

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