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"If you say 'Mae Holland; out loud it sounds like the same phonetic structure as my name," Kate Losse, May Holland, Kate Losse, May Holland... hmm.. is not par
by moocowduckquack 13y ago
"If you say 'Mae Holland; out loud it sounds like the same phonetic structure as my name,"
Kate Losse, May Holland, Kate Losse, May Holland... hmm.. is not particularly close.
Also, one is fiction, one isn't. Last time I checked it was completely normal to write fiction based on amalgamations of real situations. And given that it is satire, this would also seem to be a prerequisite in this case.
Now while there is certainly sexism in the world, in the world of books we are long past the days where female authors had to change their names to be successful. If her book did not do well, perhaps she should look to the form and content rather than her gender. If you look at the bestseller lists, women are solidly represented and are commonly the majority. The main disparity is not gender, but fiction vs non-fiction. Fiction sells much better.
- benastan 13y agoSource on fiction selling better than non-fiction? I can't think of any explanation for a book written by an early female employee at Facebook receiving little attention other than a clear judgment about the value of the author's voice.
- lutusp 13y ago> Source on fiction selling better than non-fiction? I'm not the OP, but I think the claim is ambiguous at best: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/50024-print-decline-accelerated-in-2011.html http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/fi... 2010 2011 % Change Adult Nonfiction 271,518,000 263,030,000 -3.1% Adult Fiction 194,775,000 160,336,000 -17.7 Juvenile Nonfiction 36,931,000 35,799,000 -3.0 Juvenile Fiction 151,116,000 143,316,000 -5.2 Based on that statistic, nonfiction outsells fiction among adults, but among juveniles it's the other way around.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoThose figures are only for print books, on ebooks fiction massively outsells non-fiction, which is where the 17.7 percent drop in adult fiction sales in print are coming from in your figures. http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/e-book-fans-devoted-to-fiction http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/e-book-fans-d... It is hard to get good figures overall, but if you include both print and ebook, it seems to be about 60% fiction and 40% non fiction.