Publishers funnel massive amounts of resources into promoting titles that they think will become bestsellers. But they've become spellbound by 'stories of struggle' that can succumb to stereotypes.
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Rules for the UK's most prestigious and lucrative literary prize effectively mean it is dominated by big publishers.
The company is hardly the evil megalomaniac that many have depicted: it's actually been very good for the book industry.
It is still stigmatised, still seen as amateur, even as illegitimate, but self-publishing has truly arrived. We ignore it at our peril.
