tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post3964667445382213867..comments2024-03-24T16:50:00.727-05:00Comments on Maria Zannini blogspot: What Is Good Enough?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-46158341960672347302009-11-18T07:32:44.092-06:002009-11-18T07:32:44.092-06:00Ref: Harlequin
I know. It's damn stupid and i...Ref: Harlequin<br /><br />I know. It's damn stupid and irresponsible.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-55318095467114069092009-11-17T22:47:29.293-06:002009-11-17T22:47:29.293-06:00The post you refer to was rather sad, wasn't i...The post you refer to was rather sad, wasn't it? Maybe Nelson didn't get a turkey in time for Thanksgiving because she has another sobering one up today on Harlequin's self-pub venture. She asks whether we really need *more* books. I have to agree. Soon, I told J this morning, North America will resemble hordes of Amway representatives, each trying to sell their books to the other!<br /><br />I get that it's a business, but there must be another way. Maybe small presses may end up saving us all? No answers here, just half-baked speculation.Kaz Augustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01839835518368442832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-19978368547762007582009-11-17T14:33:50.026-06:002009-11-17T14:33:50.026-06:00Kaylie: People have to eat and I don't begrudg...Kaylie: People have to eat and I don't begrudge anyone a paycheck. <br /><br />Publishers too need to make money, but they seem to invest their money in a few high dollar proposals on the gamble that it might be the next big book.<br /><br />As a reader, I don't want a water cooler commodity. I want a story with entertainment value.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-55698405035058148142009-11-17T11:20:04.694-06:002009-11-17T11:20:04.694-06:00I understand that agents have to stay in business....I understand that agents have to stay in business. Too bad so many things have to be all about the money.KAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492662417610004495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-3707016645850161062009-11-17T09:42:16.065-06:002009-11-17T09:42:16.065-06:00I'm beginning to believe that NY pulled its ow...I'm beginning to believe that NY pulled its own plug by passing on good books in lieu of a potential big book.<br /><br />It's a choice. One that e publishers were quick to jump on. Why else has e publishing gotten so big, so quickly?<br /><br />It filled a hole, a big hole that NY ignored.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-41531411741565809802009-11-17T09:29:27.235-06:002009-11-17T09:29:27.235-06:00I still haven't read "The Da Vinci Code&q...I still haven't read "The Da Vinci Code" (saw the movie... does that count?). I HATED "The Time Traveler's Wife" and found "The Historian" unbelievably boring, to the point I couldn't finish it.<br /><br />All three were "big" books. Blech. I agree that it's a shame so many good books are passed over. Thank GOD for ePublishing. Truly.Marianne Arkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.com