you bring down the curve?
John Lau
If I write a
terrible symphony, how does that hurt Beethoven? If I write a terrible novel,
how does it hurt Michael Connelly, who only writes very good ones?
"You may have the watches, but we have the time." - Afghan proverb
-----Original Message-----
From: jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com>
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, Nov 14, 2009 11:21 am
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: state of NY publishing
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "J.C. Hocking" <jchocking@...> wrote:
>
> Well, in terms of how a bad book (or a whole lot of them) can hurt, Kevin has
a point here...
>
How can a bad book possibly hurt anyone? It's no different from a bad piece of
music or a bad painting... you just move on. There must be a huge cemetery for
artistic stuff that isn't good.
The basic fallacy here is that there is a definite number of books and that a
bad book hurts good books. Where is the evidence to back this up? If I write a
terrible symphony, how does that hurt Beethoven? If I write a terrible novel,
how does it hurt Michael Connelly, who only writes very good ones?
Best,
mrt
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