Pain Points of the Publishing Business

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NickieAsher

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No. I'm not a newb. But I haven't been here in a very long time. I have also let my writing stall due to too many tasks I cannot avoid. That aside, I am wondering what people find to be the biggest pain points in this business? What do you find as your biggest problem/headache/stalling point when it come to the book biz?
 

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Marketing.

Oh god. This.

I am getting outstanding marketing with my current publisher, but I've also had experiences (with a different house) that a friend called "getting run over by the marketing truck."

ETA: I need to add that marketing issues depend on the book, the editor, the current state of the publisher....And so much more. So I might have great marketing from a publisher, while someone else does not, and vice versa.
 
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