tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post9141266765078890274..comments2024-03-26T17:15:22.712+13:00Comments on Craic-er: 4 Implications Of Publishing In The 'Now'Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-33882300047468527522011-04-23T13:40:41.134+12:002011-04-23T13:40:41.134+12:00That's a good question Melinda. I suspect that...That's a good question Melinda. I suspect that with the tightening of publishers lists and the desperation of publishers to find a sure fired commercial winner to keep the publishing house afloat that manuscripts they previously would have taken a punt on are just rejected now. One of the problems, as I see it, is that if everyone is chasing the 'commercial' property which may have mass market appeal bright lights and coloured foam,<br />sleeper hits with lots of substance but not much fluff may get overlooked. If the only print books are fluffy ones doesn't it dumb down the audience? Dumb down the audience enough and you won't be able to sell anything of substance.<br />That was the warning the American Children's Writers gave to Scholastic when they wanted to rewrite Harry Potter and the philosophers stone. After that debacle they left the rest of the books alone.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-51174275942685870282011-04-23T09:39:52.326+12:002011-04-23T09:39:52.326+12:00In the good old bad old days positive rejections j...In the good old bad old days positive rejections just meant you kept sending it out longer to more agents/publishers. Maybe it took you forty goes, maybe a hundred plus. Now we have an alternative and folk say I can do this myself. I want to know if the stats for publication success/failure after multiple positive rejections is truly different 'now' compared to 'then'.Melinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-66812355787234427692011-04-22T08:44:51.674+12:002011-04-22T08:44:51.674+12:00Hi Rogue,
Yes it does....and you have to decide wh...Hi Rogue,<br />Yes it does....and you have to decide what you mean by 'book'- app, podcast, audio book, ebook, print book. Then published takes on a whole different meaning....indie, traditional, niche, web only, book store only.... <br /><br />It is a whole different ball game out there and the speed of change is increasing all the time.<br /><br />There is discussion about print books being a collectors item for people with serious money....in the future...maybe when our kids have grown up....in a couple of decades....Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-18903107811332523392011-04-22T00:49:45.780+12:002011-04-22T00:49:45.780+12:00It does seem harder than ever to get a book publis...It does seem harder than ever to get a book published these days.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.com