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Originally Posted by teh603
Gotta agree with he comments on the second link. Loads of sturm und drang, but I wonder how much of it is coming from the publishing and agent side of things and the "authors" are just regurgitating what they've been propagandized with.
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Oh, about 90% would be a good guess.
See, when the *establishment* slings the FUD, it is fully understandable; their livelihood is at stake, the status quo is something they understand, circling the wagons against change and all that.
That is easy to understand: it is basic human nature to lash out against a threat, real or imagined. And the name authors slinging the FUD about indies are just folk who have been well-served by the system as it exists. *They* got picked to have their books carpet bomb the nation, they sell enough to the masses that their agent's calls get returned right away. For now. But let the sales drop just a wee bit...
And that is where the Brad Thor's are coming from, whether they realize it or not. They have a good thing going in a once stable ecosystem. But now a "tsunami of crap" is coming ashore and they fear their ecosystem will be erroded and they personally will suffer.
Publishers, editors, staff and even author rants are understandable; misguided but understandable.
But when *readers* spread the FUD and over-generalizations? Well, that is just puzzling...
My best guess is some people just don't handle change well.
Which is not a fun thing, I suppose, given that we live in the twenty-teens and not the "genteel" eighteen nineties many folks still pine for.
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Again-Jac.../dp/0684801051
I think Alvin Toffler had it right from the start:
http://www.amazon.com/Future-Shock-A...r+future+shock
Which is sad and somewhat bewildering; me, I *like* living in the future and my main gripe is it doesn't get here fast enough.
