Not exact matches
(Here's the website listing Hachette's authors, highlighting bestsellers, of course, but
like most publishers they have a mob of
midlisters.)
The argument that they are concerned about the
midlisters doesn't fly when you consider statements
like this from the head of Penguin Random House Canada, Brad Martin:
Plus he's a ridiculously nice guy, still a regular on the Kindle Boards, sharing with other indie authors all the ins and outs of his crazy awesome success, and advocating to the media how the real indie success stories are
midlisters who make a living off their writing, not just mega-successful authors
like him.