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06-19-2013, 03:39 AM | #17 | |
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06-20-2013, 08:48 AM | #18 | ||
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On the idea of the appeal process, one of the things that came to mind was timing it so when someone got another chance to apply, they'd have had a complete turnover in the board of evaluators, so they wouldn't be facing the same people. You can only serve one term of a certain number of years and then have to wait a longer period before you can serve another. So one board might be overly elitist, while another the opposite. |
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06-20-2013, 09:21 AM | #19 |
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It seems to be like paying for reviews, and if the review thinks the book is good, you get to put the group's symbol of quality on your book. There would be a few hurdles. One, readers have to know and understand what that symbol means. The reviews would have to be impartial, or the value would be lost. Every author that is turned away is lost revenue for the guild, and there would be incentive to award the symbol to undeserving books. It would be necessary to resist this pressure.
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06-20-2013, 11:38 AM | #20 |
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It seems to me that would be a PR problem. Someone with some skill in PR would have to be either in the guild or hired to promote it in some way so that word got out about the symbol and what it means.
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06-20-2013, 01:06 PM | #21 |
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My advice is to start small. Several people have noted potential problems. No matter how this evolves, someone will have to do some work. Volunteers are notoriously eager until work has to be performed. But I like the idea.
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06-20-2013, 05:47 PM | #22 |
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Another thing that occurred to me is that someone will have to design the symbol and make sure it doesn't violate anyone else's copyright. There are a lot of trademarked symbols out there now days.
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06-20-2013, 09:30 PM | #23 |
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06-25-2013, 07:15 AM | #24 |
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Interesting topic. One problem with guilds is that they can sometimes make it very difficult for a person to get his product out there. Acting guild Equity have prevented many films from being completed on trivial grounds.
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06-25-2013, 08:02 AM | #25 |
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Equity handles stage actors. SAG/AFTRA handles film and TV actors. It's possible that an actor doing both stage and screen could have Equity cause a film delay but I'd think it's rare.
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06-26-2013, 03:20 PM | #26 |
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Thanks for the info. I was reading about it in Ken Russell's autobiography, given that the book was written largely in the late 80s and he directed screen and theatre - I think I got the wrong end of the stick.
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06-28-2013, 07:51 AM | #27 |
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"So yes, it could be open to vanity self-pub authors if they can get approval from the evaluators."
I am always amused by the vehemence with which Kindle publishers (on the KDP forums) insist on distinguishing between themselves and those pathetic vanity publishers. I can't see the difference, unless it be that the vanity publisher is putting some serious money behind his art, so ought to be more admired rather than less! |
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