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“Honestly speaking, when publishers say a book 'started a conversation,' it means it sold poorly but got us good PR. When we say it's a 'slow burn success,' it means it bombed until a TikTok teenager discovered it three years later. And 'literary fiction that defies categorization'? That's code for 'we have absolutely no idea how to market this thing, please help us.'”
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Big Five Publishing House Marketing Director
Senior Marketing Director
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Editor's note: Decodes publishing industry euphemisms with precise cynicism about sales performance and marketing desperation

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