Comments on: On the Book Industry and its Byproducts http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/ Book reviews, author interviews, industry news and more from the online bookstore with a soul. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:57:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Week in Review: December 8-12 | Better World Books Blog http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Week in Review: December 8-12 | Better World Books Blog Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:41:32 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-583 [...] talked book industry, and about the Nobel Prize -Dana chatted with Governor Madeleine Kunin -We want you to “get [...] [...] talked book industry, and about the Nobel Prize -Dana chatted with Governor Madeleine Kunin -We want you to “get [...]

]]> By: Jack http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Jack Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:58:51 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-579 Hi Macabee, If you go to the "help" section on betterworld.com you can see that to contact us directly just send an email to help [at] betterworld [dot] com. I'm terribly sorry about any inconvenience and would love it if you kept me personally updated on when things have been made right. You can reach me at jack [at] betterworld [dot] com. Hi Macabee,
If you go to the “help” section on betterworld.com you can see that to contact us directly just send an email to help [at] betterworld [dot] com.

I’m terribly sorry about any inconvenience and would love it if you kept me personally updated on when things have been made right. You can reach me at jack [at] betterworld [dot] com.

]]> By: Macabee Dean http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Macabee Dean Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:08:04 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-571 This is the second time I tried to order a book, and had to buy elsewhere. I select a book, get to "My Addresses" and find it is impossible to continue. Why can't you put your house in order? You don't even have a system where I can contact you directly. This is the second time I tried to order a book, and had to buy elsewhere. I select a book, get to “My Addresses” and find it is impossible to continue. Why can’t you put your house in order? You don’t even have a system where I can contact you directly.

]]> By: Jack http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Jack Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:53:09 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-535 It has indeed been this way from the start, a parade going through the eye of a needle. I just hope that as we stand looking into whatever is next that we don't make the eye of a needle into a pinhole. Oh to become an "influential blogger." I get the feeling that with the crash of the MSM that the term "influential blogger" has become a bit like "samurai" in post-colonial emerging Japan. Few love them but fewer still don't fear their power ;) It has indeed been this way from the start, a parade going through the eye of a needle. I just hope that as we stand looking into whatever is next that we don’t make the eye of a needle into a pinhole.

Oh to become an “influential blogger.” I get the feeling that with the crash of the MSM that the term “influential blogger” has become a bit like “samurai” in post-colonial emerging Japan. Few love them but fewer still don’t fear their power ;)

]]> By: Keira from LoveRomancePassion http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Keira from LoveRomancePassion Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:11:50 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-533 With the arts, to be a success NOW you must have the right idea at the right time and present it to the right people. I forget how many rejection letters JKR got for instance, but man I bet they're all kicking themselves now. So anyway, that's the only way I can see breaking out of the molds of death before success and more recently a little fame for a little while and then forgotten again. Though if you think about it, it has been this way from the start. The power of blogging can really increase your chances - but first the blogger/blog has to be recognized as a influential power and that's a whole other matter. lol With the arts, to be a success NOW you must have the right idea at the right time and present it to the right people. I forget how many rejection letters JKR got for instance, but man I bet they’re all kicking themselves now. So anyway, that’s the only way I can see breaking out of the molds of death before success and more recently a little fame for a little while and then forgotten again. Though if you think about it, it has been this way from the start.

The power of blogging can really increase your chances – but first the blogger/blog has to be recognized as a influential power and that’s a whole other matter. lol

]]> By: Jack http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Jack Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:49:04 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-529 I agree with you to an extent, but let's hope that an authors death doesn't become a prerequisite for his success. I'm sure more people will now read Infinite Jest than ever before (or at least crack it open) but talk about "nothing more terrible, nothing more true!" Yikes. However, spot on with "Authors will have to be like artists and produce because they love to and can’t imagine not doing so." I agree with you to an extent, but let’s hope that an authors death doesn’t become a prerequisite for his success. I’m sure more people will now read Infinite Jest than ever before (or at least crack it open) but talk about “nothing more terrible, nothing more true!” Yikes.

However, spot on with “Authors will have to be like artists and produce because they love to and can’t imagine not doing so.”

]]> By: Keira from LoveRomancePassion http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Keira from LoveRomancePassion Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:30:33 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-514 That would be terrible yes, but perhaps not all is lost. As many artists garner more fame after their death, authors may also rise posthumously in recognition and fame. Sometimes treasures will be uncovered much later rather than immediately. Not every author can be JKR or Stephenie Meyer as much as they can hope. Authors will have to be like artists and produce because they love to and can't imagine not doing so. That would be terrible yes, but perhaps not all is lost. As many artists garner more fame after their death, authors may also rise posthumously in recognition and fame. Sometimes treasures will be uncovered much later rather than immediately. Not every author can be JKR or Stephenie Meyer as much as they can hope. Authors will have to be like artists and produce because they love to and can’t imagine not doing so.

]]> By: Jack http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Jack Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:20:42 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-513 Agreed, Keira! Hopefully blogs will pick up the slack and get to all those great books so oft lost in the cracks. The problem is that depending on how much of a hit the publishers take, will these books ever even get printed? It seems insane to suggest that great books would not be printed, but if there isn't a perceived market, who knows what never sees the light of day? Imagine if these standards stopped some of the previous greatest writers ever? Agreed, Keira! Hopefully blogs will pick up the slack and get to all those great books so oft lost in the cracks. The problem is that depending on how much of a hit the publishers take, will these books ever even get printed? It seems insane to suggest that great books would not be printed, but if there isn’t a perceived market, who knows what never sees the light of day? Imagine if these standards stopped some of the previous greatest writers ever?

]]> By: Keira from LoveRomancePassion http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/08/on-the-book-industry-and-its-byproducts/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Keira from LoveRomancePassion Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:23:30 +0000 http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3054#comment-511 Great article! I love the writer quote on newspapers - too true! And as to the last part, that's what blogs should be here for to review books that get lost in the mess! Great article! I love the writer quote on newspapers – too true! And as to the last part, that’s what blogs should be here for to review books that get lost in the mess!

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