Crofts felt that the success of Sugg's novel shows that "if publishers find out what people want and produce it, they get bestsellers".
Time expended included those incurred by us: research to identify informed representatives within the publishing organisation, request 'chase-ups' and alternative examples being sought if publishers were uncooperative; and the publisher when dealing with numerous permission requests.
If publishers contract their already miniature lists?
If publishers want to ignore PC gamers, that's their choice.
"It is a very slippery slope and could kill journalism if publishers aren't careful," he said.
"If publishers see a market for books with non-white main characters, they'll give us more".
Maybe, if publishers can sell that space to more upmarket clients.
If publishers don't have the money to pay advances, Young says, "we're going to have fewer books of quality.
On the other hand, it's not as if publishers have been interested in competition for competition's sake.
If publishers start loading e-books with spinning, blinking ads, I'll be reading print on paper till the bitter end.
"If publishers don't want us to show their headlines or snippets, they can already opt to take them out".
