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Good, reputable freelance editors, formatters, and artists are available at reasonable rates. If a self-pub'er chooses not to rely on their services...
Well, again; it's their brand. (Sturgeon's law applies justt as well for indie books as it ever did for trad-pubbed titles.) One thing Eisler highlighted in the ongoing conversation in the comments to the GUARDIAN article: Quote:
Again; Indie publishing offer up the freedom to choose poorly as well a wisely. But even when choosing poorly, the author will experience the result of their *own* bad choices, not somebody else's. (The horror stories from the trad-pub world are *not* uncommon.) The fact that so many authors are rushing for the exits at the first crack in the gatekeepers' barriers suggest all was not sweetness and light under the hegemons' rule. It'll be a while before things shake out and *both* sides learn to properly value publishing services. But I'm pretty sure the final outcome will not be built off 100-year contracts with 15% of revenue for the author. Last edited by fjtorres; 04-30-2013 at 05:25 PM. |
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Re the current viability of self-publishing:
This week's New York Times eBook nonfiction list has 35 titles, and, if you count Random House as commercial, every one seems to have been published by an imprint of a large commercial publishing house: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-...tion/list.html Certain types of nonfiction books, like autobiography, might move to self-publishing. Some of the novels on the fiction list are probably autobiographical. But I can't see an end to book proposals* and advances doing anything good for nonfiction. Imaginative literature is different, because there will always be extraordinary novelists who can do almost the whole job themselves. Quote:
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-...tion/list.html Maybe the Times doesn't measure sales to schools, which, as noted by teh603 in #43, are significant. This could explain the discrepancy. ____________________ * Many nonfiction writers don't write the book until the proposal is accepted by a publisher. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 04-30-2013 at 09:24 PM. |
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04-30-2013, 09:56 PM | #49 |
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A lot of teachers make it mandatory reading. Not that I remember much of the book. Actually, about all that I remember is that green lawns are a sign of the nouveau riche.
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Speaking of the NYT book reviews, I ran into this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...etirement-plan It seems like the NYTBR has a new boss and in some circles this is seen as a sign of impending doom. With a sense of resignation, as if it had worn out its welcome long ago. Quite odd in tone. Not sure if he's mourning or chortling or just writing an obit for a faded celebrity. Quote:
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From reading another article about the NYTBR new editor, it sounds like she has no prior history or experience at all, and there's a lot of questions about her qualifications for the post.
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So, unless she has some juicy video of her bosses in compromising circumstances, it may be they *wanted* somebody from outside the insular (to be polite) NYC literary establishment. Desperate times bring desperate measures? |
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It may be that they want someone from outside the literary establishment, to bring some fresh air to the process, I don't know. The article that I read said that, under her editorship, more space is being taken up by the various "best seller" lists and less space is given to long book reviews. I don't know - I don't run into the NYTBR very often - they don't tend to review the kinds of books I read (genre books, mostly).
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Hmm, since that is where Patterson ran his ad, maybe *that* is what set him off.... In troubled times there is a tendency to see "Omens and portents" everywhere. |
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"Omens and Portents" wasn't that the title of a Babylon 5 episode?
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The editor for the NYTBR has no say on what books are reviewed or their length. She's probably just their to enforce deadlines.
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The romans were big believers in omens and portents, especially when it came to augury in troubled times. I like your reference better. Especially with the way things played out for most of the characters showcased in that episode. |
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