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Originally Posted by latepaul
The problem is not the word "author".
People are going to continue writing and putting their writing out there regardless of what you call them.
"That which we call a rose..."
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Of course, but trying to name them something else serves to deprecate and marginalize the non-establishment players.
It's not a matter of definitions or semantics or quality but rather a powerplay by the establishment. Much like the complaints that Amazon doesn't marginalize indie titles into second class ghetto but rather lists them side by side with the tradpub titles. Since they can't make indie titles and authors vanish in a puff of smoke and brimstone their next best move is to deny their legitimacy. Hence the assertion that only tradpub writers are "real" authors.
If you want the "real author" badge, you must submit to the traditionalist establishment. And if you don't, why they'll... they'll... they'll call you bad names.
And hold their breath until they turn blue.
Pure pettiness, really.
But after a while, the continuing campaign gets annoying.