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This is the same stuff we've read on music and movies, saying that low prices will kill the authors, even go as far as to kill creativity, if you are inclined t
by revelation 15y ago
This is the same stuff we've read on music and movies, saying that low prices will kill the authors, even go as far as to kill creativity, if you are inclined to believe this socioeconomic-romance.
That is not at all what is happening. Publishers and "music labels" are bleeding out, not writers and authors. It's killing the middlemen, not creativity. And I won't shed any tears on their demise; for their existence is only because of technological shortcomings, and capitalisms very nature is to straighten the process and eliminate them.
- cek 15y ago"It's killing the middlemen, not creativity." That is exactly right. Well put.
- nirvdrum 15y agoHere's hoping there will still be some level of quality copyediting involved in this new world. Most self-published works I've read I have an extremely hard time reading because the quality is just so bad.
- robrenaud 15y agoMaybe there is a model for a version 2 of self published works? Self publish first, if it gets a following, do the copy-editing/polishing/revising for a different "cut" of the same book. Maybe even throw an extra chapter in to give the dedicated fans a reason to buy the new one.