David Michael Swindle 🌀🟦 (@godofthedesert): "Tom, you know this is true. One short story collection succeeding doesn’t change the rule that most do not and thus it isn’t a good bet for publishers to take. As a publisher, I’m not interested in short story collections and that’s the rational position."

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Tom, you know this is true. One short story collection succeeding doesn’t change the rule that most do not and thus it isn’t a good bet for publishers to take. As a publisher, I’m not interested in short story collections and that’s the rational position.

Tom Cox

The Publishing Industry: "Don't write short stories. They don't sell."

Me, holding a copy of Jhumpa Lahiri's debut short story collection, which went to number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list when she was 31 & barely known: "Yes, Publishing Industry, as usual, nothing you say is incorrect."

May 10

3:49 PM

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