That's exactly what I thought.
New Writer: "They'll publish my book if it's likely to sell at least a hundred and fifty copies? That doesn't sound like much. I'll buy a hundred and fifty copies and sell them on!"
*a few months later*
New Writer, having guilted fifty family members, friends and workmates into buying an overpriced POD paperback, packs the remaining volumes into a cardboard box and dumps them in the garage.
New Writer: "They'll publish my book if it's likely to sell at least a hundred and fifty copies? That doesn't sound like much. I'll buy a hundred and fifty copies and sell them on!"
*a few months later*
New Writer, having guilted fifty family members, friends and workmates into buying an overpriced POD paperback, packs the remaining volumes into a cardboard box and dumps them in the garage.