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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Many have claimed that publishers are looking for
what will sell. It
> has also been pointed out that a lot of good
writers, while published,
> have been dropped by their publishers for lack of
sales and that some of
> the bestselling authors are not very good writers.
So are the
> publishers to blame or book buyers?
>
> Yes, this is a bit simplistic, ignoring promotion
and advertising,
> chasing short term profits at the expense of slowly
building an
> audience, etc, but can we really complain about
publishers publishing
> crap that sells without passng at least some of the
blame on to those
> who are buying the crap?
>
The responsibility is totally with those who buy the crap.
The writer is a worker, and if he writes crap that sells, he
cannot be blamed for doing his work (good work, according to
sales). I could lace this with a desire that more good stuff
be published, etc., but I don't think that desire has any
relation to reality. If I were a publisher, I would want to
sell. And authors, too, want to sell. That's why they write,
mostly. Even if money were not a consideration (the author is
already rich), any author wants to be read.
Best,
MrT
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