tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post6029910822818883903..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Are books dead, and can authors survive?Eolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-53230061216738895182011-09-15T11:23:50.805+00:002011-09-15T11:23:50.805+00:00Sure. Sadly it seems the best writers are too busy...Sure. Sadly it seems the best writers are too busy struggling with their art to write *about* it. <br /><br />(Or in the case of Neal Stephenson, too busy pumping out endless and countless 1000-page novels like a rabbit mother.)Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-36512843961766824902011-09-15T01:22:37.707+00:002011-09-15T01:22:37.707+00:00he was already a success with traditional publishe...<i>he was already a success with traditional publishers</i><br /><br />I know, but it's hard to believe based on the quality of his writing.<br /><br /><i>if he's a hack, I don't see that standing in the way of his making a good point</i><br /><br />Maybe not, but it would be nice to have a better writer making the same point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-22297007767912859522011-09-14T11:46:46.950+00:002011-09-14T11:46:46.950+00:00I admit that sentence sounds hacky. But he was alr...I admit that sentence sounds hacky. But he was already a success with traditional publishers. And if he's a hack, I don't see that standing in the way of his making a good point.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-34515349987901811552011-09-14T01:21:25.254+00:002011-09-14T01:21:25.254+00:00He does actually seem to be a hack. I looked up a...He does actually seem to be a hack. I looked up a few of his novels on Amazon. Take this from the opening page of "A Shot of Tequila":<br /><br /><i>Chico was a small-time hustler and big-time loser who liked to bet the ponies and hit women.</i><br /><br />I can kind of see why this guy hates the "legacy" publishers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-17154487314405190912011-09-10T03:56:57.842+00:002011-09-10T03:56:57.842+00:00Joe Konrath is a talentless hack with a SERIOUS ch...Joe Konrath is a talentless hack with a SERIOUS chip on his shoulder. I made the mistake of buying one ofhis books - I'd like my time and money back, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-50563026229090910492011-09-09T14:17:54.005+00:002011-09-09T14:17:54.005+00:00It seems to me the same thing will happen with ebo...It seems to me the same thing will happen with ebooks. You'll end up with a survival of the fittest kind of thing where a few authors (even if it's hundreds or thousands) will be the ones selling and it'll end up difficult to break in there as it is in "traditional" (or what was it some guy called it - legacy publishers or something?) publishing.<br /><br />Still, ebooks are probably more suited to thrillers and any kind of writing that can be churned out - anything based on a formula. Guys like Cussler and Clancy won't do it though as ebooks alone won't earn them enough.*<br /><br />*I also can't help wondering - if ebooks eventually so dominate that almost no paper books are made anymore, how long until the cost goes up to what a good hardcover costs now? They'd have us all over a barrel then, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com