http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:54:44 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-335252 looking forward to it. this is fun. i get to read about writing without adding to my poor, sagging bookshelf holding my writing about writing books. 335252@blogcritics.org Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:54:44 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-335227 Mark and A.L.-many thanks. seriously. Wait till I get to the next part about the responsibilities of the reader. 335227@blogcritics.org Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:55:42 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-335137 Wow very insightful piece John. 335137@blogcritics.org Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:20:00 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-334694 great as usual john. seriously. 334694@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:11:28 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-334691 Victor- Thanks for the compliment. i hope I can contribute a little in that direction. js 334691@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:02:38 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-334624 This series keeps getting better and better, John. While I'm hoping things will change for the better in publishing, I think it will take a much longer time. There is hope in the online world and a new kind of publishing (that is a more equitable system) hopefully awaits. 334624@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:21:26 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-334379 Elvira- My thought is to have a web of small independent publishers that stand by themselves, but are also connected through a larger publisher. The subsidiaries still answer to the same corporate logic and pressures as the parent. gypsyman-thanks js 334379@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:27:13 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-334343 What he said!!! Yes and yes again to all that you said in this post John. Thank goodness there are writers more articulate than me to make these points, or at least to elaborate on them. gypsyman 334343@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:34:57 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/14/084913.php#comment-334337 Though i don't know a lot about book publishing, I do think that larger publishers such as (I believe) Random House do have smaller subsidiaries which focus on certain sub-genres--though again these may be mostly commercially driven. I think the internet may begin to reinvent the way books are recognized and marketed however, which may indicate a ray of hope. 334337@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:10:23 EST