Comments on: Agents and the Wild New World of Publishing http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Mon, 21 May 2012 04:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Heatheraine http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17546 Heatheraine Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:13:59 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17546 Thanks for all of the answers. I believe this "free for all" of self-publishing thing will eventually shift again. Because we have this entire generation of books that range from reprinted masterpieces to the amateur's unedited garble. I come across books that were self published and I didn't know it. Halfway through the book I'm angry because it is so terrible. From grammaer, spelling, puncutation to the plot just falling flat and other such things. I just tossed one out the other day because the author never SHOWED the story just narrated the whole time. There are many many books out there that should never be seen by the light of day, but the authors think they are masterpieces. The filter has been bypassed. I think one day there will be and SHOULD be a shift in self publishing to keep us from having to suffer the bad books that are continuously emerging. Just my thoughts, ~Heatheraine Thanks for all of the answers. I believe this “free for all” of self-publishing thing will eventually shift again. Because we have this entire generation of books that range from reprinted masterpieces to the amateur’s unedited garble.

I come across books that were self published and I didn’t know it. Halfway through the book I’m angry because it is so terrible. From grammaer, spelling, puncutation to the plot just falling flat and other such things. I just tossed one out the other day because the author never SHOWED the story just narrated the whole time.

There are many many books out there that should never be seen by the light of day, but the authors think they are masterpieces. The filter has been bypassed. I think one day there will be and SHOULD be a shift in self publishing to keep us from having to suffer the bad books that are continuously emerging.
Just my thoughts,
~Heatheraine

]]> By: Jessica Thomas http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17552 Jessica Thomas Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:56:39 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17552 Again, very timely. You are giving me MUCH to think about. And much to get excited about, actually. Thanks for sharing your point of view. Again, very timely. You are giving me MUCH to think about. And much to get excited about, actually. Thanks for sharing your point of view.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17553 Jeremy Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:20:46 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17553 Thanks for this information Randy, it is timely, vital, and covers all the options. I hope to have a few of my previously published books available for e-readers soon--can't wait to see how they do. Thanks for this information Randy, it is timely, vital, and covers all the options. I hope to have a few of my previously published books available for e-readers soon–can’t wait to see how they do.

]]> By: Geoff Breitling http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17574 Geoff Breitling Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:59:45 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17574 Once again Randy, muy informative and insightful post! Heatheraine's thoughts are on line with a question I posed on the Crowdsourcing post. Thinking ahead to the next shift it would behoove e-book sellers to integrate “like” or “share” options with facebook and twitter. This would be powerful to drive traffic, interest, and sales, but also to shift the filter to the reading public. I see this as far different from the Amazon review structure currently in place. What says you? Best, Geoff <strong>Randy sez</strong>: Yes, I think ultimately that'll be the way the junk gets filtered out. Only a few readers should have to suffer through bad writing. Then they can warn everybody else. We're in the early stages of a whole new paradigm in publishing and it'll take time to work out the kinks. Once again Randy, muy informative and insightful post! Heatheraine’s thoughts are on line with a question I posed on the Crowdsourcing post. Thinking ahead to the next shift it would behoove e-book sellers to integrate “like” or “share” options with facebook and twitter. This would be powerful to drive traffic, interest, and sales, but also to shift the filter to the reading public. I see this as far different from the Amazon review structure currently in place. What says you?
Best,
Geoff

Randy sez: Yes, I think ultimately that’ll be the way the junk gets filtered out. Only a few readers should have to suffer through bad writing. Then they can warn everybody else. We’re in the early stages of a whole new paradigm in publishing and it’ll take time to work out the kinks.

]]> By: Cathi http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17651 Cathi Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:14:49 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2011/03/09/agents-and-the-wild-new-world-of-publishing/#comment-17651 This is all very interesting...and makes me wonder how long it will be before the first all e-book agency pops up? This is all very interesting…and makes me wonder how long it will be before the first all e-book agency pops up?

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