[ExI] commentary by one of ours

[spike]

From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Darren Greer
Subject: Re: [ExI] commentary by one of ours

 

 

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Ben Zaiboc <bbenzai at yahoo.com> wrote:


>>We've entered an era when publishing costs can be negligible, but people
still want/need to be paid for /creating/ things.

 

 >>The traditional publishers haven't really caught on to this yet . . .

 

>Neither have authors. The majority of authors thrive on advances from
established publishers that our books usually don't earn out. . our payment
will depend entirely on how popular our books are and how much money we earn
above our production costs. 

 

 

I have noted the musician counterparts who are direct marketing their
products through YouTube.  I accidentally stumbled across the marvelous new
talent Kina Grannis that way.  It isn't clear to me how a new author could
get material into the mainstream that way.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

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