tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post9022647030418034487..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Control! (#selfpublishing #kdp #smashwords)Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-714351256170020652017-02-02T07:50:52.707-05:002017-02-02T07:50:52.707-05:00Sigh. Literacy is becoming as rare as compassion.Sigh. Literacy is becoming as rare as compassion.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-12398968559154974392017-02-01T15:18:14.587-05:002017-02-01T15:18:14.587-05:00Then there are the reviewers who feel obliged to p...Then there are the reviewers who feel obliged to post one-star reviews because &quot;I didn&#39;t know these were short stories.&quot; I&#39;ve encountered these more than once. What part of &quot;anthology&quot; or &quot;collection&quot; don&#39;t they understand? Granted, some folks don&#39;t seem to know the difference between an anthology (stories by a mixture of authors) and a collection (stores all by a single author), but this is getting so widespread that I guess I&#39;ll have to chalk it up to the natural evolution (or devolution) of the language. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-37881439242911571782017-01-30T22:34:59.425-05:002017-01-30T22:34:59.425-05:00Fortunately, people who appreciate well-written er...Fortunately, people who appreciate well-written erotica are aware of these trolls and how they operate!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-1645430241384962672017-01-30T22:34:12.448-05:002017-01-30T22:34:12.448-05:00This is a great article, Larry. I was particularly...This is a great article, Larry. I was particularly struck by this prediction:<br /><br />&quot;The publishing industry will begin to recognize KDP Select as the cancer that it is&quot;<br /><br />Certainly I see many authors on Excessica who are now opting out of KDP Select.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-8644677756997275262017-01-30T21:16:35.989-05:002017-01-30T21:16:35.989-05:00What you&#39;ll find is that some people who are d...What you&#39;ll find is that some people who are disgusted with your smut, will give it a one star review and say it sucks just to drive down your rating.Larry Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243985089364955059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67364057555813949932017-01-30T21:14:51.680-05:002017-01-30T21:14:51.680-05:00I couldn&#39;t figure out the link to Mark Coker&#...I couldn&#39;t figure out the link to Mark Coker&#39;s 2017 Book Industry Predictions so I posted the article on my blog and here&#39;s the link: http://wp.me/p57asg-E7Larry Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243985089364955059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-5101685002091429152017-01-30T12:23:57.017-05:002017-01-30T12:23:57.017-05:00I&#39;ve only pubbed with Excessica, so don&#39;t ...I&#39;ve only pubbed with Excessica, so don&#39;t have much to compare that to. Besides stories chosen for several anthos, I&#39;ve not had to deal with a traditional publisher. What you say about a good editor is great information for people who think one pair of eyes and a few betas (who are not profession editors) is good enough.<br /><br />Got that covered! I got Lisabet! <br /><br />She&#39;s the greatest. (after Momma X, but Momma runs screaming from the room when I ask her do do one of my more out-there pieces. She does help work on the OGG blogposts when they&#39;re relatively tame.) Even my worst (and only 1 star) revue for &quot;The Gonzo Collection&quot; the reviewer noted the great editing. I wonder how he came to that conclusion. I don&#39;t think he read the frikkin&#39; book.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-75035435205324558602017-01-30T09:42:05.887-05:002017-01-30T09:42:05.887-05:00Another thought on the idea floating around that s...Another thought on the idea floating around that self-published stories don&#39;t sell as well as pub&#39;d stories. With a self-pub&#39;d story, anybody and his brother can publish a story so I&#39;m sure that there are a lot poor stories out there which dilute the numbers. I haven&#39;t seen any studies on erotica, which publish numbers of stories sold, genre, and groupings per author. While sales might (?) be down, the market will probably self-correct over time when porn writers find out that it&#39;s harder than they think and go back to drinking beer and watching football.Larry Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243985089364955059noreply@blogger.com
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