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Originally Posted by Dusty Bottoms
So what I get from this is that she had a choice in the matter. It was either capitulate to the ridiculous wishes of a publisher or stand up and do what she thought was right? How am I supposed to respect this, or the writer who makes a decision to bow down before an editor or a publisher? What, because some jerkoff editor is living in the past and forcing a writer to do something ridiculous we should all just let these actions pass?
She saw the green and turned her back on those who put her in the position to see the green in the first place. Another cowardly writer too afraid to stand up to the bully machine that is trad publishing. When did writers become such spineless little weaklings? No wonder the publishing industry is on its arse when all you've got is bullies running the show and the cowards who obey them.
/end of angry rant
Here, everyone have a nice chocolate Hob-Nob  |
I disagree completely with this rant (although the Hob-Nob is a very nice and much appreciated gesture).
Keeping the book up would have been a nice gesture, but it's not a moral stand. She wrote it, she was hosting it on her site, she has every right to take it down whether she sold the book or not.
It's not as if posting this book online created her career either; she's been published before and won several awards. She probably would have sold this book anyway, and the truth is that she probably would not have had as many readers and donators if she wasn't already published and had an existing fanbase long before she tried this experiment. One can even argue that "traditional"* publishers made this possible.
The industry has its faults, but I think this rant was way overboard.
/two cents off.
Now let's go have a cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain.