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I think the social networking will make it easier for mid-list writers to connect with their readers.

MIND MELD: How Does Blogging and Social Networking Affect the Publishing Industry? 2009

Just think ... if you had been big 30 years ago, Willie Nelson coulda sung, “My heros have always been broken, balding, alcoholic mid-list horror writers ...”

Because writers ask things like… – Brian Keene 2010

At a time when blockbuster sales — such as the Twilight books, the Wheel of Time, Nora Roberts, etc. — are dwarfing best-seller numbers of previous decades, the sales numbers of mid-list and low best-selling authors at major publishing houses tend to be flattening, if not declining, especially mass-market sales, although there are some exceptions.

July « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

I'm another one of the those 'mid-list' reviewers who'd likely be left out.

The Solution to Cutting the Cost of Review Copies: Buy Reviewers a Kindle! 2009

Within that list are established greats, reliable mid-list writers, and those you don't really know much about, not yet.

MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 2) 2009

Most of the matte finished books I saw were smaller, mid-list authors.

Archive 2009-12-01 Lou Anders 2009

Had Amazon been successful, it would have hurt beginning and mid-list authors, and it could have destroyed some careers, because what Amazon wants is to sell lots of cheap books, regardless of the effect on authors or discriminating readers.

Why Amazon and Some Readers Are Wrong « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

A fantastic, eclectic interview including the use of novel writing software, becoming an author-entrepreneur as well as publishing from the mid-list and writing novels to sell.

Podcast: Using Writing Software To Organise Your Novel And Being An Author-Entrepreneur with Harriet Smart | The Creative Penn 2010

For a mid-list author, about a year after that it will be out of print, although the Recluse books won't suffer that.

Why Amazon and Some Readers Are Wrong « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

Reliable mid-list writers are the bread and butter of anthologies.

MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 2) 2009