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Harper Lee and Dr. Seuss Won’t Save Publishing

Harvard Business Review

Though exact numbers are hard to come by, there’s a clear consensus that following the economic shocks of 2008, advances paid to writers are declining —in some cases precipitously. Would having a direct channel to consumers be irksome to Amazon, as well as the independent and chain bookstores with whom publishers work?