View Single Post
Old 12-30-2010, 10:08 AM   #11
jasonkchapman
Guru
jasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it isjasonkchapman knows what time it is
 
jasonkchapman's Avatar
 
Posts: 767
Karma: 2347
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: NYC
Device: Sony Reader, nook, Droid, nookColor, nookTablet
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
I'd amend #2: It won't be agents writing the next chapter of ebooks, it'll be marketers; those who help writers who can produce good work, but need help piercing the fog of obscurity and getting noticed in the market.

I suspect a lot of agents will either become, or be replaced by, marketers who will serve the authors directly, and offer many of the promotional services that publishers claim is their primary service.
I'd argue that to a large extent it's marketers calling the shots now. The excess weight given a book's marketability over its quality skews the market toward known names and celebrity tripe.
jasonkchapman is offline   Reply With Quote