From what you hear it’s that they have bills to pay. If a publisher doesn’t know your name, they’re not going to assume it’s an automatic best-seller so they’re less likely to actually look at your work to see if it’s worth it.

Also, to pay your bills before the publisher actually prints the book, you have to find one way ahead of you finishing the book, meaning that you have to send them an unfinished manuscript, further hurting your chances - but if they like it you get that money before it’s done, with the caveat that they’re gonna sue if you don’t deliver.

My aunt has gay nazi neighbors, they are real.

Why did I have to scroll down so far for le hidden gem?

Sure they are different, but if somehow someone finds out just one password of yours, all others are broken too, right?

This looks like an early internet “hey look at my cool blog” page