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Iqy · 02-20-2010, 04:23 AM

Calm down everyone, there's room for everybody.
First, as Onda has 'announced' I am working with him as his writers representative, which is only fair because it was due to a chat we had nearly two years ago that he built zuluexpress.
So please talk to me, as I am a writer, I have tried my best to get published in the traditional sense with no luck, I self published and always felt there has to be a better way.
Yes publishers have a place in literature, they have owned it for over 200 years, but the business model is one of the last to bear the brunt of the digital revolution. Now we can send books around the planet in seconds, no need to chop down trees, pollute with inks and glues, or wait a year for them to edit, print, and distribute via wholesalers and retailers. It is undeniably a very convoluted process, and the proceeds of a $30 paperback are spread widely, with the creator, the writer, getting less than almost every other contributor. Thats why Onda gets so angry.
I have to ask, if only 1 in 100 books written are published, and of those only 3make money for the publsiher and the writer, what on earth are the publishers adding to the process? Editing yes, but we (I did) can get an editor all by ourselves, so what else? We pay for it eventally anyway. If you say promotion, why are only 3 in 100 selling?
I am a very openminded chap, so please tell me. In the meantime, my book is at Zulu, in front of the world, about 3 billion potential readers, and if its good enough it will sell well, if not, just like all those books in the book bins 97%) it won't. At least it won't be pulped.

I have soooo much more to say, but I've run out of time. Please tell me your thoughts warts and all, and I am sure we'll come out of this in far better shape, its a wonderful forum, and trust me, ebooks will go down in history as one of those moments in evoloution that are a book mark, JUST LIKE when Gutenberg gave us the printing press. Its time to move on guys, give it some out of the box thought. If every writer on the planet now has his or her chance to publish and be judged by you readers, is that a problem?
Iqy

02-20-2010, 04:23 AM	#14
Iqy Member Posts: 10 Karma: 64 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: PDA	Iqy here, Calm down everyone, there's room for everybody. First, as Onda has 'announced' I am working with him as his writers representative, which is only fair because it was due to a chat we had nearly two years ago that he built zuluexpress. So please talk to me, as I am a writer, I have tried my best to get published in the traditional sense with no luck, I self published and always felt there has to be a better way. Yes publishers have a place in literature, they have owned it for over 200 years, but the business model is one of the last to bear the brunt of the digital revolution. Now we can send books around the planet in seconds, no need to chop down trees, pollute with inks and glues, or wait a year for them to edit, print, and distribute via wholesalers and retailers. It is undeniably a very convoluted process, and the proceeds of a $30 paperback are spread widely, with the creator, the writer, getting less than almost every other contributor. Thats why Onda gets so angry. I have to ask, if only 1 in 100 books written are published, and of those only 3make money for the publsiher and the writer, what on earth are the publishers adding to the process? Editing yes, but we (I did) can get an editor all by ourselves, so what else? We pay for it eventally anyway. If you say promotion, why are only 3 in 100 selling? I am a very openminded chap, so please tell me. In the meantime, my book is at Zulu, in front of the world, about 3 billion potential readers, and if its good enough it will sell well, if not, just like all those books in the book bins 97%) it won't. At least it won't be pulped. I have soooo much more to say, but I've run out of time. Please tell me your thoughts warts and all, and I am sure we'll come out of this in far better shape, its a wonderful forum, and trust me, ebooks will go down in history as one of those moments in evoloution that are a book mark, JUST LIKE when Gutenberg gave us the printing press. Its time to move on guys, give it some out of the box thought. If every writer on the planet now has his or her chance to publish and be judged by you readers, is that a problem? Iqy