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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9606737" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>Sigh. Publishers picking which books they want to risk gobs of money on is not discrimination, nor is it censorship, nor is it a structural barrier. Publishers chase sales. They’re in the business of printing books that sell, if the books don’t sell well enough they go out of business. So yes, they chase trends, prefer authors with a platform, prefer authors with a good track record, etc. If they don’t they close. It’s simple as that. Markets and audiences change. No matter how much you love a given genre it will not stay popular forever. Sword & sorcery hasn’t been widely popular in decades. That’s not the fault of the publishers. Tastes change. We also have indie authors on platforms like Amazon self-publishing their work. If there’s a niche genre you like, you can find it there. Big publishing houses not risking money on genres that don’t sell isn’t some kind of conspiracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>