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Originally Posted by fjtorres
True, if it were an *active* BPH exec saying that it would be big news: right on national TV.
"NY Publishing exec gets drawn and quartered in public!"
I'm sorry, but the way the trad publishers are circling the wagons in public these days *nobody* on their payroll is going to come out and say these things. Even (or especially) if they believe them to be true.
I mean; $9.99 as the *ceiling* for ebook pricing, not the floor? Open competition being good? Amazon establishing the viability of ebooks as a business? The New Publishers showing the way to the future? "Bestsellers" getting marginalized? And lets not get to comparing the BPHs themselves to the Euro crisis debtor nations!
That kind of heresy can only come from outsiders or ex-insiders.
Current insiders would be risking their livilihood saying such things today.
The mood out there is getting dark.
Try this one:
http://kriswrites.com/2012/06/20/the...s-in-the-sand/ |
Yep, and thanks for the Kris link! Can't karma you at the moment, will have to owe you...
From her post and speaking of critics slamming whole genres:
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Usually though, it’s just a matter of taste. My biggest complaint with critics is that they often don’t know how to separate their own taste from a legitimate criticism. Until they learn that, their comments are essentially useless.
No genre deserves to be dismissed out of hand, just like no publishing method deserves to be dismissed out of hand."