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Originally Posted by Simon_Drake
I’m a writer and I have to compete in a crazier world where change is the normal, as compared to the pre-digital age that Nick Hornsby would have started out in.
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Well, so does Nick Horsby, now...
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I've never read his books, so I can't comment on his writing. His view in general is typical of the established publishing industry, much like that of the music industry pre-download, ie, "It won't happen, it won't affect us, it won't work."
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There's a lovely Jules Feiffer cartoon from years back, set at an awards ceremony for various people in industry who have successfully killed new ideas. The last panel has the chairwoman of the ceremony reciting their motto:
"Treat freshness as a youthful quirk,
and dare not stray to ideas new.
For if t'were tried they might e'en
work,
and for a living what wouldst
we do?"
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The best thing about the eBook Crowd is that we read beyond the curve - beyond the mainstream, way beyond the trend, and create tomorrow’s trends. Who cares what somebody who can’t ‘get it’ has to say, just because they’re ‘established’ in the old world of publishing, and, er, reading.
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Folks have been doing that about as long as books existed. But ebooks won't prosper on just the leading edge proponents. We need the folks whose reading is the current best seller, self-help tome, or trashy romance novel to adopt the practice, as well.
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Dennis