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He's basically pointing out that JK Rowling's success partly benefited from a feedback loop. For example, once everybody was talking about it, free publicity.
by sliverstorm 9y ago
He's basically pointing out that JK Rowling's success partly benefited from a feedback loop. For example, once everybody was talking about it, free publicity.
If somebody else had all the same skills and wrote another book that was just as good, there probably still wouldn't really be room for both of them. Only one series can be the pop culture youth fiction darling at a time.
- Sacho 9y agoNow you're back to the article! JK Rowling's success story is singular because the masses don't have oodles of disposable income. This is why companies are finding niches where they can earn income from "whales" rather than having to score the masses lottery.
- sliverstorm 9y agoJK Rowling's success story is singular because the masses don't have oodles of disposable income Hardly, she could still be a huge success story if she split that pie of disposable income halfway with another author who was her equal- but public attention doesn't really work like that, is the problem. But targeting whales to avoid the masses lottery, yes, I'm with you & the article there.