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Originally Posted by kennyc
As much as I hate to I have to admit it and agree with you there is truth in that. But much of the reason is the marketing to the mindless masses. There is still a place for "real" books as well IMO. Perhaps different types of publishers just as there are now -- mass market publishers and literary publishers. Nothing wrong with that.
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Publishers don't care about talent or literary worth any more. The last of the great editors is gone. The publishing companies are now part of bigger corporations who have no other motif other than profit. We won't see another Joyce or Steinbeck or even a Chandler coming from the big-pubs, there's not enough money in it, there's not enough audience. Why pay a real writer with real talent money when you can give a clueless celebrity a million up front and pay some scab writer money on the backend to actually write the book?
We don't need to worry about what the publishing industry is doing or not doing, we need to crush the thing completely. We need the creative people in charge again, not the money people. We need to take this opportunity, writer and reader alike to make something more equitable for everyone.
Or, we can just keep on doing what we're doing. Accepting their DRM, inflated prices, poor royalties for the actual talent and staggered releases so they can make more profits. That and watching Stephen Seagal: Lawman Episode 3....that reminds me....
