
Industry Truth 21 of 30
The "First-Time Author" Bias: Ignoring the Craft
Tales From A Harrogate Caravan
The Full Story
The industry’s bias toward established authors is a byproduct of pure risk aversion. They want a "proven entity" so they don't have to work as hard to convince booksellers to stock the title. By defaulting to established authors, they systematically starve new, unknown voices of the opportunity to build a following. It is a closed-circuit loop that privileges existing fame over raw potential. We believe in finding the hidden voices that the risk-averse legacy system overlooks.
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