Mmmm.
Great title for a post, eh?
Controversial, insulting and hyperbolic…
I could have gone with:
‘Why dinosaur big six publishers will destroy the book industry’
…as well of course. Either title would have served exactly the same purpose.
There’s a lot of this going round these days…
A great many people airing their (usually extremely partisan) opinions about this apparent war that’s raging between the traditional publishing industry and the self published authors out there who are taking advantage of the services offered by the likes of Amazon, Smashwords and (provided you’re in the bloody USA) Barnes & Noble.
I’ve stayed out of it and largely kept my opinions to myself - which as anyone who’s read my ‘Life…’ books will know, is extremely difficult for me.
I’ve read a lot though. Countless posts on multiple forums, either defending the position of writers who submit their work traditionally to the big six, or defending those who chose to self publish on the Kindle, other e-readers and via services like Createspace and Lulu.
I think I’ve now read and digested enough to come to the following erudite, considered and well thought out conclusion:
The entire thing is horsesh*t.
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