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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I tried telling him about the Patterson Cooperative, but I'm not sure he believed me. At least, he glossed over that bit in his response.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=61
He's also still convinced, after multiple explanations of the error of his ways, that "If indies aren't in the top 100 in the Kindle store, that says something to me".
As a new member, you wouldn't have had prior experience/history here in the argumentation chamber; suffice it to say, certain peoples' blindness doesn't come as a surprise. |
Perhaps if you were a bit more forthright in your points. Obviously Patterson is a traditional published author. Is your point that he uses co-writers/ghost writers? If so, he's hardly the first one. Tom Clancy does too (one could say that he is the ghost writer now. [yes, that is an attempt at humor]) Baen paired recognized authors with less recognized authors all the time. Heck, the practice goes all the way back to the 1800's.
As far as indies in the top 100 list, well when I look at Amazon's best sellers of 2014 for Kindle eBook (
https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestseller...text/154606011)
it lists
#9 If I Stay - Gayle Forman
#17 - Sycamore Row - John Grisham
#21 - Top Secret: Twenty-One - Janet Evanovich
#26 - The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
#81 - The Martian - Andy Weir
Neither Hugh Howey nor John Scalzi made the list. Howey was the one I explicitly scanned for since he is apparently one of the top selling indies.
Yes, certain people's blindness isn't a surprise at all. Sometimes it's useful to double check assertions, you know.