Why Traditional Publishing is Dead and Buried and Will Never Return

You’re just wasting your time trying to get an agent or a publisher

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For the life of me, I don’t understand why writers keep banging their heads against the wall. Why can’t anyone accept that the era of traditional publishing is over. We’ve entered…

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Written by Walter Rhein

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I have 10+ years experience as a certified English and Physics teacher. 20+ years of experience as an editor, journalist, blogger and novelist.

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