tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6479838469741799016..comments2024-03-29T10:30:32.188-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: So much for corporate publishingPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4488876522087733232017-01-01T00:30:03.247-06:002017-01-01T00:30:03.247-06:00I liked Moby Dick, and I doubt that I'm the on...I liked Moby Dick, and I doubt that I'm the only one. It is truly deserving of being a classic. <br /><br />Great Expectations, OTH, is dreck. At best, we can say it was instrumental in inspiring all the grey goo that befouls the bookstore shelves.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12822511906907583597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53213103609891936542016-12-31T21:23:19.086-06:002016-12-31T21:23:19.086-06:00I bought a Kindle 3 years ago. About 95% of what I...I bought a Kindle 3 years ago. About 95% of what I have bought and read is self-published. Some of it is crap but some of it is just as good as that you get from the traditional publishing houses. I read mostly spy and covert op novels as well as alternative history. The self-published author cited in the linked article, Christopher Nuttall, is one who's stuff I've read. I think his novels are every bit as good as those of Harry Turtledove, who is also an excellent alternative history novelist.<br /><br />The spy and covert op stuff is often written by retired spec warriors and spies themselves, who actually know the background of the story that they are writing. This is also a genre of novel that the traditional publishing houses disfavor because it is too manly and patriotic and not left-wing enough for them. <br /><br />I think this is the REAL reason why HuffPo writers and their ilk resent people being able to bypass "gate keepers" in publishing. Its not that they want only good prose to be published. Its that they want only ideologically correct prose to be published.<br /><br />As a reader (and consumer), people like the HuffPo writers can go and get stuffed. Screw them and their leftist political ideology.<br /><br />Screw them in the ass.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3733879165801473712016-12-31T16:15:24.937-06:002016-12-31T16:15:24.937-06:00"I now straddle the line between self- and tr..."I now straddle the line between self- and traditionally-published works."<br /><br />That's right where you want to be, Peter. On the whole, indie authors out-earn tradpub authors, but hybrid authors get the best of both :)<br /><br />The Big Five have fallen into the same blockbuster-chasing trap as Hollywood. The problem is, everybody who thought they knew the magic formula for cranking out blockbuster books and films has turned out to be wrong.<br /><br />Amazon, on the other hand, know how to make the long tail work.Brian Niemeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276948258089365826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82616925743100515472016-12-31T14:50:14.315-06:002016-12-31T14:50:14.315-06:00Let us take a look at that paragon of American lit...Let us take a look at that paragon of American literature, "Moby Dick." <br /><br />Written by the esteemed Herman Melville, it friggin bombed, tanked, flopped, languished upon bookshelves unread for forever. Then some pretentious, leftwing, limpwristed literary knucklehead publisher of an obscure, really obscure literary rag and list resurrected the overly pretentious twaddle known as "Moby Dick" or "Oh, God, this book is so queer and boring (to most high school readers) in the 1920's. <br /><br />So, considered a losing piece of crap for over 70 years, now is "An American CLASSIC" because, well, we should read it.<br /><br />I would rather read something not as literarily classic but a whole lot more fun. If I want to read punishing page count books, I'll go read a whole series of David Weber, and I'll enjoy it a hell of a lot more.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22438010529094163272016-12-31T14:10:33.935-06:002016-12-31T14:10:33.935-06:00Wasn't the Huffingtonpost self-publish at firs...Wasn't the Huffingtonpost self-publish at first just on the net not onpaper.SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167622192624435028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50590285578449317912016-12-31T13:50:00.726-06:002016-12-31T13:50:00.726-06:00If I recall, JK Rowling's inital foray into th...If I recall, JK Rowling's inital foray into the publishing world (with the Harry Potter series) was met with (I think) 12 publishing rejections. Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12402122225364919412016-12-31T10:41:04.223-06:002016-12-31T10:41:04.223-06:00Self published authors are true entrepreneurs, IMO...Self published authors are true entrepreneurs, IMO. Here is wishing all of them success. Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21488636489048211842016-12-31T10:07:24.944-06:002016-12-31T10:07:24.944-06:00Agree with all of the above... sighAgree with all of the above... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7965158114976452682016-12-31T10:01:41.005-06:002016-12-31T10:01:41.005-06:00HuffPo, the reactionary, far right web site, slams...HuffPo, the reactionary, far right web site, slams innovation and demands the return of the bad old days. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70377098317836212612016-12-31T09:58:48.102-06:002016-12-31T09:58:48.102-06:00If I relied on traditional publishing and the agen...If I relied on traditional publishing and the agent system, none of my fiction books would ever have found readers. Cross genre, relatively short at a time that the tome-of-the-month was reaching its peak, a protagonist who works with a system instead of yelling "I am Wymyn, hear me ROOOOAAAARRR!" . . . not a prayer. thanks be that Amazon, and Kobo and Barnes and Noble, and Draft2Digital and other services are now available to get stories to readers and help readers find stories they like. <br /><br />LittleRed1 <br /><br />PS. What is it with sushi in the reCAPTCHA? I've seen nothing but fish this past week.TXRedhttp://www.almatcboykin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66811597673189311832016-12-31T09:32:01.097-06:002016-12-31T09:32:01.097-06:00Laurie Gough is brilliant! Her alma mater should ...Laurie Gough is brilliant! Her alma mater should be so proud! This woman needs to be the lead marketer for buggy whip manufacturers and whale oil salesmen the world over. The planet needs her spectacular intellectual skills!Man of the Atomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62400991162745571802016-12-31T08:14:22.981-06:002016-12-31T08:14:22.981-06:00The problem is that the publishing houses really a...The problem is that the publishing houses really are gatekeepers, but they are inherently subjective. They tend to filter out anything which does not align with their corporate philosophy. I may even be ok with that as long as they accept the fact that other publishers and authors have and propose a different philosophy, but the fact is that is increasingly less the case as the whole Tor hoo-ha vividly demonstrated. <br />Under this circumstances I'd like to keep a healthy dose of skepticism regarding the gatekeeper role so highly praised by Mrs. Gough and I'll keep buying self published books as long as they are interesting... <br />As for Mrs. Gough she kan keep working with her publisher - nobody said she should switch to self publishing, but I'd prefer if she would restrain from lecturing on this topic and let the market filter the wheat from the chaff...CGR710https://www.blogger.com/profile/15505866142053585054noreply@blogger.com