tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post8327766327403968247..comments2023-11-18T13:07:27.303-08:00Comments on Indie Author: Whither The Author-Artiste?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-61859499844902943752010-11-03T13:04:40.521-07:002010-11-03T13:04:40.521-07:00Another thing to add to your list: Federal subsidi...Another thing to add to your list: Federal subsidies for working writers!!!The Review Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111766862654488731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-45042128910099765542010-09-27T15:49:25.616-07:002010-09-27T15:49:25.616-07:00Stuart -
Borders is a special case; even though Cr...Stuart -<br />Borders is a special case; even though Createspace can get your book listed in the Ingram and Baker & Taylor catalogs, Borders maintains its own, internal catalog of titles drawn from those and other wholesale catalogs. To get your book listed with Borders, you have to get one of Borders' purchasers to add your book to Borders' internal catalog. <br /><br />But given April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-18204351297118573422010-09-01T07:06:12.567-07:002010-09-01T07:06:12.567-07:00Good post.
You may find this interesting to hear...Good post. <br /><br />You may find this interesting to hear that I persuaded the 85 year old writer Jack Matthews to go digital despite his previous reservations. Once the light bulb turned on, he began to think, how many, how soon? <br /><br />The difference between today and yesterday is that writers are more involved with the production process (and to a lesser extent the marketing). This Robert Naglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244278749337954786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-54291523717748384672010-08-26T13:58:47.628-07:002010-08-26T13:58:47.628-07:00I agree with what you're saying. Thanks for cl...I agree with what you're saying. Thanks for clarifying.Zoe Wintershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894617471588430203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-60566467082873390202010-08-26T13:55:48.120-07:002010-08-26T13:55:48.120-07:00Zoe -
One more thing I'd like to add, after re...Zoe -<br />One more thing I'd like to add, after re-reading your comment...<br /><br />You emphasize the aspect of which books are "loved". There are plenty of books I feel were important in my education and development as a human being, but which I would never say I "loved". That's kind of the whole point of my post - that popular acceptance and acclaim is not the April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-72987259179002123632010-08-26T13:32:17.592-07:002010-08-26T13:32:17.592-07:00Zoe:
"but there is the implication that some...Zoe:<br /><br />"but there is the implication that some writers are artists, and others are sell-outs"<br /><br />Not at all. I write commercial fiction, and I'm not calling myself (nor anyone else who writes commercial fiction) a sell-out. I'm just trying to point out that literature which doesn't have wide, commercial appeal but *does* have cultural merit is being pretty April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-5716568828320581962010-08-26T12:55:35.589-07:002010-08-26T12:55:35.589-07:00"Great literature" never inspired me to ..."Great literature" never inspired me to become a writer. I was in Jr. High. R.L. Stine (the author of the Goosebumps series) inspired me to become a writer.<br /><br />As I got a little older, the authors who inspired me still were not "great literature" but were authors who wrote books I loved in the genres I read.<br /><br />I guess this is why so many authors are trying to Zoe Wintershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894617471588430203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-74011883619794274952010-08-25T09:11:57.294-07:002010-08-25T09:11:57.294-07:00Thanks for reading and commenting, all.
Levi - h...Thanks for reading and commenting, all. <br /><br />Levi - how many copies of The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies and most other great classics would sell each year if they weren't required reading in school and expected to be stocked by any library worth its brick and lumber? Regarding first year sales of such books when they were originally published, they often received an early boost of April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-29003924808164113752010-08-25T08:55:00.100-07:002010-08-25T08:55:00.100-07:00First, I'd like to agree with everything court...First, I'd like to agree with everything courtmerrigan said. Every word of that describes me.<br /><br />Second, while I agree with the majority of the points you've made and with the general thrust of the article, I have to take exception with this:<br /><br />"...knowingly blog about the generalized cluelessness of trade publishing (and in so doing, entirely overlook the fact that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-56417003172224658952010-08-25T06:09:38.790-07:002010-08-25T06:09:38.790-07:00I absolutely love this post and your viewpoints on...I absolutely love this post and your viewpoints on this. This is something that hits very close to home to a friend of mine, and to me as well, in a way. I am an indie author, but so far with only one book which is quite marketable. However, I blog over at The Literary Lab, and we have many literary writers over there whom this pertains to directly. I'm sending an email your way to see if youMichelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-71857981110632331532010-08-25T05:25:51.254-07:002010-08-25T05:25:51.254-07:00Emerson, my alma mater, offers publishing courses ...Emerson, my alma mater, offers publishing courses along with creative writing.<br /><br />Knowing the business you're trying to enter only makes sense, even if you never bind a book yourself.PV Lundqvisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144485318046805732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-72902780239870971652010-08-24T19:55:27.879-07:002010-08-24T19:55:27.879-07:00Long-time lurker here, April (and I've appreci...Long-time lurker here, April (and I've appreciated your posts at TeleRead). Enjoyed this post because it struck a chord with me. I'm not saying that I'm the next Marquez or anything, but my writing is definitely in of a "literary" sort, and every time I've considered various self-promotional efforts, I've always foundered upon the hard rock of this fact. <br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com