My
guess is that if you asked all the publishers with whom we’ve
reached agreement in the last year they would tell you that they
had to compromise some things they didn’t love. And we’ve had to
compromise some things we...
There’s an incentive for Amazon on two levels to
say, “Hey, let’s try to bring in readers.” And one way of
bringing in readers is you get more writers. And so they’re
definitely reaching out to Spanish-language authors in
America...
I was a first-time novelist; I didn’t have a
name at all. So it was a great way to find my audience before I
tried to find an agent and a publisher. I think that is such a
daunting process for writers, to find someone to pay
attention...