Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.
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Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.
It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.
The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when you get it, it's kind of soul-destroying.
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.
Every famous writer was once an unknown writer. If publishers never published new writers, they wouldn't be publishing anyone at all after a while.
Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.
It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire of established reader interests.
Publishers were ever eager for authors to do their own publicity because nobody else was willing to do it for nothing. But then it became clear that if you want somebody to champion the story, there's nobody better than the person who made it all up.
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