Comments on: Kindle + Amazon Encore = slow death of traditional publishing

By: When Did Self-Publishing Begin? « The Gig

When Did Self-Publishing Begin? « The Gig — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:31:40 +0000

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Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:25:27 +0000

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By: jasonwstuart

jasonwstuart — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:00:07 +0000

This will become the function of literature departments at Universities and book critics with major newspapers. The NY Times book review isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. I think, overall, this is the shot in the arm the industry needs. It could even bring the study of literature out of the graveyard of obscurity and irrelevance.

By: switch11

switch11 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:31:21 +0000

Excellent Point. Notice how the most vociferous defence of Publishers and the Agency Model is from published authors.

By: Matt McHugh

Matt McHugh — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:05:55 +0000

Mr Ng says:

“I like publishers as curators.”

I doubt it. I think he likes publishers as purchasers of his jacket design services. It’s a perspective I utterly respect, but let’s call a spade a spade here.

Mr. Ng.’s implies distrust of “tastemakers” and “advertisers” yet seems happy to give publishers — who are, aside from anything else, deep in the business of nurturing taste through advertising — free passage on the points. Why? See preceding point above.

And this brings up an interesting and absolutely universal point: the defenders of traditional publishing are those who profit from it. Period. Again, I can respect that… but I can’t look away from it.

– mm

By: Lisa Taruschio

Lisa Taruschio — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:07:02 +0000

Just got to your post–late, bc I only just opted for self-publishing my historical novel online for all the reasons you outlined in your post. See my blog–it’s all there. Thanks for the articulate explanation.

By: Journey to Self Publishing – thoughts in the key of me

Journey to Self Publishing – thoughts in the key of me — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:11:32 +0000

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By: Big Announcement « The Southern Muse

Big Announcement « The Southern Muse — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:03:03 +0000

[...] been reading up on the hubbub over the death of traditional publishing (you can also read about it here and here). Blog posts exclaiming that you too can write and sell an instant money-making eBook in [...]

By: elliottzetta

elliottzetta — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:13 +0000

How’s this?

http://zettaelliott.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/expensive-curation/