No few of them are dead, now, sadly. It's hard to expand my knowledge of the history of a genre when the original authors are no longer around to ask for reprints, and the books are not yet old enough to be considered classic works of art.
Of course publishing companies (of all types) would like to make money... and with print on demand, if there is no demand, there is no printing. But if there is demand, then printing can be done, even if it's a small or obscure market.
But in a traditional publishing set up, if a book does not sell at least a certain percentage of the first print run or two, then there's no reason for a traditional publishing house to keep publishing it. Even if there is a small group interested, it will not keep up with the cost of the unsold books that are pulped.
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Re: Hmm...
Date: 2010-02-21 10:38 pm (UTC)Of course publishing companies (of all types) would like to make money... and with print on demand, if there is no demand, there is no printing. But if there is demand, then printing can be done, even if it's a small or obscure market.
But in a traditional publishing set up, if a book does not sell at least a certain percentage of the first print run or two, then there's no reason for a traditional publishing house to keep publishing it. Even if there is a small group interested, it will not keep up with the cost of the unsold books that are pulped.