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>> Obviously, given the number of people searching on Amazon for products, that gives them a huge advantage because when people go onto Amazon, they—if the book
by thaumasiotes 3y ago
>> Obviously, given the number of people searching on Amazon for products, that gives them a huge advantage because when people go onto Amazon, they—if the book isn’t there for what they are searching for, they could create that book.
This is a really weird thing to say. It seems to assume that people are indifferent to the quality of the writing in the books they read.
- eszed 3y agoLooking at the best-selling Amazon-published titles leaves the impression that this is the case.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThe observation in the essay that "the romance category has already gone independent" also leaves that impression - for the romance category. But the fact that one of two profitable genres is "franchise authors" suggests the opposite. Franchise authors become franchise authors by producing high-quality writing.
- eszed 3y agoWhat does "franchise author" mean? I'm not familiar with the term.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoIt means an author whose books do well. Examples given in the essay include Tom Clancy and Stephen King.