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Old 04-01-2011, 04:44 PM   #1
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Thought-provoking article here:

http://www.salon.com/books/laura_mil...r_sell_thyself

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With all due respect to Hocking and Eisler (and I've got plenty for both), I'd rather have "To Kill a Mockingbird" than any of their novels. Even though they are much better at interacting with their fans and orchestrating their careers than Harper Lee is, Lee (in my opinion, at least) is the better writer...

[but] if the next generation's "To Kill a Mockingbird" gets published, the author's inability to promote it effectively may prevent it from reaching the millions of readers who would otherwise embrace it.
PS to HarryT: The URL wasn't abbreviated when I typed it - it seems to happen automatically.
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Old 04-01-2011, 04:54 PM   #2
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PS to HarryT: The URL wasn't abbreviated when I typed it - it seems to happen automatically.
It's ok, it does that if it's a really long url. But if I hover over the link, my browser tells me the full address I'm being sent to, something that tinyurl's and other redirecting services don't.

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Old 04-01-2011, 05:01 PM   #3
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Looking at it another way, what if the next TKAM was turned down by a publisher because they didn't think it would make as much money as the latest Katy Price book and the writer just gave up and threw it in the bin?
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Old 04-01-2011, 06:55 PM   #4
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I don't really think publishing was quite as rosy as it's being portrayed "back in the day". Even then, I'm sure very good works were passed over because publishers didn't think they'd make money. It hasn't changed, except we're now more likely to stumble upon a traditionally-rejected work that has been self-published.
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Old 04-03-2011, 12:44 PM   #5
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Apparently a lot of classics we know and love today were originally self published. Even Hemingway and Edgar Allen Poe. Check out this list here:

http://open.salon.com/blog/phsfca/20...elf_publishing
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Apparently a lot of classics we know and love today were originally self published. Even Hemingway and Edgar Allen Poe. Check out this list here:

http://open.salon.com/blog/phsfca/20...elf_publishing
Wow! Illustrious company I'm in.
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Old 04-04-2011, 10:12 AM   #7
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Ugh... Laura Miller after her NaNoWriMo Why Bother article I don't really care for her or her opinion on anything. Anyone who says don't bother trying and your stupid if you do doesn't hold any water on anything else with me.
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Ugh... Laura Miller after her NaNoWriMo Why Bother article I don't really care for her or her opinion on anything. Anyone who says don't bother trying and your stupid if you do doesn't hold any water on anything else with me.
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