tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post4177167272009469885..comments2023-11-18T13:07:27.303-08:00Comments on Indie Author: Simon & Schuster / Archway UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-46251264638932904742013-03-12T07:45:29.620-07:002013-03-12T07:45:29.620-07:00Now that AuthorHouse is being investigated as part...Now that AuthorHouse is being investigated as part of a class action suit, I wonder how long this partnership will remain. Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-61806614676335865232013-03-09T14:35:42.022-08:002013-03-09T14:35:42.022-08:00I think that's the point. These big publishers...I think that's the point. These big publishers are not dumb. They know the score with ASI brands and it's not stopping them getting in bed. For publishers, it's a quick revenue stream without the need to inwardly develop any real program. Right now, publishers are not seeing self-publishing as a true opportunity - much in the same way they have approached ebooks up to now. It's Mick Rooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787268101730723300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-39771895131175599692013-03-09T12:53:18.916-08:002013-03-09T12:53:18.916-08:00Mick -
It's mystifying to me how these big pub...Mick -<br />It's mystifying to me how these big publishers didn't bother to check out AH/ASI before choosing to partner up with them. It wouldn't take much Googling at all to discover how thoroughly shunned and despised ASI is among knowlegeable indies. <br /><br />And this just confirms what I've been saying all along: with big pub, it hasn't been about art for a very long April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-4709847954300754032013-03-09T03:33:30.769-08:002013-03-09T03:33:30.769-08:00Funny isn't it, April, how similar the respons...Funny isn't it, April, how similar the response to you from Archway, as the response provided by Allison Dobson of RH's Hydra to the SFWA! None of the specific criticisms are properly addressed and you just get the weak 'it's a new type of publishing model we are trying' and the priceless 'let's meet up and discuss'. As Scalzi told Dobson, what is there to discuss!!Mick Rooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787268101730723300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-59007955339409939142013-03-08T13:18:40.766-08:002013-03-08T13:18:40.766-08:00Whoops! Deleted your first comment by mistake, sor...Whoops! Deleted your first comment by mistake, sorry!<br /><br />To paraphrase - you were asking what lame response they could possibly have now, and hoped I'd let you know if one was forthcoming. April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-16916968711806624682013-03-08T13:17:30.171-08:002013-03-08T13:17:30.171-08:00If I get another response, I'll post about it ...If I get another response, I'll post about it here.April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-54711245217854111922013-03-08T12:57:30.372-08:002013-03-08T12:57:30.372-08:00Sorry, that was NOT meant to be an anonymous comme...Sorry, that was NOT meant to be an anonymous comment.Bridget McKennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03551190428721385000noreply@blogger.com