That wouldn’t happen today. Nowadays editors make a commitment to a single book, and it must sell in large quantities. Authors who don’t deliver are dropped faster than a bad Tinder hookup. It’s more like playing the lottery than building a writer’s career.
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Ships use AIS partly to avoid one another. It takes a long time for a 300m-long tanker carrying hundreds of thousands of tonnes of oil to turn or come to a stop – and vessels can travel potentially many kilometres before they fully adjust their course.
“It’s stressful if you’re not investing, if you’re not keeping up,” Walsh said. “Because if you’re not keeping up, you have the risk of losing market share.”