aesmael

...comes across this interview with Ian Irvine, who apparently takes much the same attitude toward fantasy as I do. But not to get my (or anyone else's) hopes up too much - he also has this article on getting published. Yup, everyone says the same.

Edit: Special editions/omnibus editions etc

Occasionally your publisher may make a deal with a particular book chain to do a special printing of one or more of your books as an ‘introductory offer’, or other specially priced deal to increase your sales. You might only get 50-80 cents per book but you’ll get good front-of-the-shop exposure, extra sales and hopefully it’ll also increase the sales of all your non-discounted books.

The same applies with omnibus editions of your books. You may only get 50 cents per book but you’ll get thousands of extra sales. These promotional editions may increase your overall sales, or may come at the expense of your full-priced books. You won’t know for at least a year.

I'm an extra sale. Not for cheapness, just a sucker for omnibuses.