A.N.Smith (ansmith@netdoor.com)
Sun, 3 Oct 1999 13:42:42 -0500
> And it's been suggested to me by a few writers that
perhaps it's best
these
> days to be first published in paperback, since the
stakes are lower for
the
> publisher, and it's easier to build a core audience.
Certainly, it's no
> mark of shame when you think about how many writers
we've gone gaga over
on
> this list who first appeared in PBO's.
This is a good idea, and makes me reconsider what I wrote
about the Brit attitude towards these writers. Perhaps they
put them in PB because they do want them to be read widely.
Hmm.
And eventually, we'll have publishing on demand, where the
costs will come down, allowing more writers' works to remain
available, and will allow midlist writers to do what they do.
With that technology, I think you'll have more independant
publishers--respectable, not vanity, though those as
well--reaching a wider audience. Hardback or paperback,
personal choice, no longer decreed by this publishing
tradition: hardback, then wait a year, then softback.
Barre: I'm not too keen on him either, but it's not that I
think he's bad, but rather I'm just not interested in the
things or the characters he writes about. I've tried a few
and can't get into them too far. Taste difference, I
guess.
Neil Smith
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