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Poetry, please

Editor's LetterFeb 9, 2024by Philip Jones
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Publishing has its own version of trickle-down economics © Shutterstock
By investing in brand authors, celebrities and other bestsellers, the bigger houses generate revenue and profits that enable them to invest broadly.

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Philip is editor of The Bookseller, a position he took up in August 2012. Before that he was deputy editor, having first joined the magazine in 1996. He was its web editor for 10 years, having helped launch thebookseller.com in 1998. He is a regular commentator on book trade matters on radio, TV and in the broadsheet newspapers.

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