tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post7774434234751691373..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.977-05:00Comments on Pretentious Title: A reply to Jezebel's story about Amanda HockingRachel Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917123007610750274noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-47602842146989176232011-09-22T04:02:59.508-05:002011-09-22T04:02:59.508-05:00A great post with out doubt. The information share...A great post with out doubt. The information shared is of top quality which has to get appreciated at all levels. Well done keep up the good work.Poetry Schoolhttp://www.rhymeglowbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-79481892400098101212011-03-07T17:07:57.933-05:002011-03-07T17:07:57.933-05:00People liked it, apparently, and people bought. So...People liked it, apparently, and people bought. So it must have had some quality that folks liked enough to pay $3 for - I've paid $3 for less, for sure.<br /><br />I think it's interesting to consider art in the era of mass-production. This story really highlights it - the medium is purely digital. It is infinitely reproducible. The act of creation, and the intent behind it, happened once... probably in a digital format as well. And Amazon and the Kindle and Intellectual property laws have commodified it. <br /><br />I think that Hocking making millions could qualify as art, in that it operates outside the normal publishing industry... and subsequently evokes a massive reaction from those vested in it. That's the beauty of the work - it has forced everyone to reconsider what is possible through writing, as much of a fluke as she is.Bone Machinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07028053974191148851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-78215944759688713512011-03-04T16:52:55.243-05:002011-03-04T16:52:55.243-05:00I think my biggest sad face about this whole thing...I think my biggest sad face about this whole thing is how people are blaming the publishing industry. "This is what you get for high ebook prices! Long live the revolution! Die fat cat book printers!"<br /><br />And I just want to scream "Do you know how much the people who work in this industry love the books they work on?! Do you understand how much work by how many people goes in to every professionally produced book?"<br /><br />Drives me batty, it really does.<br /><br />And you're totally right. Internet promotion can feel like screaming into the void. I gotta find out what dark god those "internet phenomenon" people are sacrificing to so I can go ahead and place my goat order.Rachel Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917123007610750274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-87439991997245668532011-03-04T16:43:29.242-05:002011-03-04T16:43:29.242-05:00My main issue with everyone trumpeting Hocking'...My main issue with everyone trumpeting Hocking's triumph is not that she had it, or that her writing is poor, or what-have-you. It's the issue I have with JA Konrath trumpeting his own success, and every other outlier of publishing. Hocking said it herself: More authors are likely to have 100 sales than to have 1,000, or 10,000, let alone 100,000.<br /><br />How something becomes a hit, becomes popular, makes sales...you just don't know. Marketing is such an imprecise science - you can have an amazingly well-written book, but you have to make people aware of it and willing to shell out for it. When something magical happens and suddenly everyone's talking about your work, you get to not-quite-Hocking levels. But getting that attention? Nearly impossible.<br /><br />Ask me how I know, and watch me dissolve into frustrated tears, hah.Kate @ Candlemarkhttp://www.candlemarkandgleam.comnoreply@blogger.com