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The answer is pretty simple. Unlike other industries, success in the publishing industry is mostly, though not quite entirely, given to an author rather than earned by her on her own merits. Every step of the publishing process, from book contract to literary award, is carefully curated by a very small group of people, mostly women, who control who is permitted to publish, what the print runs will be, what the bookstores will carry, and where the books will be displayed in on the shelves.
