tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post2465309602401883299..comments2018-04-19T09:08:46.426-07:00Comments on Paperback Princess: Paperback's Pondering's: Don't Judge a Book by Its Publisher? paperbackprincesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-38777339608737130452017-04-22T08:57:03.099-07:002017-04-22T08:57:03.099-07:00Yeah, I totally understand where you&#39;re coming...Yeah, I totally understand where you&#39;re coming from! And most of the time, I try not to pay attention to the the publisher as much as I want to, although it can be kind of hard for me. I don&#39;t know why I think about it so much!paperbackprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-59518209987416295902017-04-21T13:29:35.174-07:002017-04-21T13:29:35.174-07:00This was a very interesting post. Since I&#39;m no...This was a very interesting post. Since I&#39;m not American and I don&#39;t read books in English oftenly, I don&#39;t really know much about each publisher. I pick up books based in reviews, not really on the publisher behind them. But in Brazil, there&#39;s a similar feeling. We know the publishers that are likely to pick up good YA releases, the publishers with good translations and the publishers that are involved with problematic topics. I definitely try to stay away from those, but they hardly ever publish YA, so it&#39;s easier to do so. I think, overall, I try to focus more on the book and story and support mainly the author, despise the publisher, but I understand that it can be more complicated than this at times. Laishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487450872139325468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-57164961873815189212017-04-20T19:54:47.929-07:002017-04-20T19:54:47.929-07:00I wish I had more indie authors on my shelf! I def...I wish I had more indie authors on my shelf! I definitely need to work on that. I think your method works best! It would hinder an author who has an amazing book but just picked the publisher that offered them the deal. It&#39;s not their fault. I just wish more publishers would listen when people tell them that some books are very offensive.paperbackprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-74419370019349935072017-04-20T18:55:00.408-07:002017-04-20T18:55:00.408-07:00This is something I&#39;ve never thought of. I don...This is something I&#39;ve never thought of. I don&#39;t really notice which publishers I read but after this post I checked my bookshelf and most books are from Pan Macmillan (and related imprints such as Tor) and Harper...But I also have quite a bit of indie novels. <br /><br />Of course people should feel free to boycott books from a publisher when they&#39;re being problematic BUT I think that would affect good authors indirectly. Say a big publisher X publishes a problematic book A and a really wonderful book B. Because of A, many people boycott publisher X leading to a down in sales of book B. Now the author of book B didn&#39;t do anything wrong. They didn&#39;t know the publisher was also going to publish a racist book. They probably are a first time author who went for publisher X because they&#39;re a huge publishing house. So I think it would be better if everyone boycotted book A and spoke out to the publisher that they won&#39;t read such problematic books. i&#39;m not saying that would work though..just something to think about :)Uma Shankarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112898986107572612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-84016332564913739032017-04-20T11:14:06.093-07:002017-04-20T11:14:06.093-07:00Np - I&#39;m always around to bug people with my r...Np - I&#39;m always around to bug people with my random knowledge ;)Cee Arrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074909561530525221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-89640986305446435782017-04-20T11:05:36.951-07:002017-04-20T11:05:36.951-07:00I&#39;ve never heard of those publishers! I defini...I&#39;ve never heard of those publishers! I definitely have to do more research on smaller, and particularly diverse, publishers. Thanks for the recommendations, Cee!paperbackprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-49984710260835108212017-04-20T11:04:32.344-07:002017-04-20T11:04:32.344-07:00I wish I could be like that! It&#39;s something th...I wish I could be like that! It&#39;s something that I notice first about a book and I&#39;m trying to shake the habit.paperbackprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-34842492902933024252017-04-20T08:25:03.250-07:002017-04-20T08:25:03.250-07:00I think that each book can be taken on merit - but...I think that each book can be taken on merit - but that people with particular issues with a publisher are free to boycott said publisher.<br /><br />I also think that some smaller publishers are *exceptionally* good at picking which books to publish. I&#39;ve noticed a definite higher quality in Rock the Boat Press books (an MG/YA publisher,) LT3 Press books (an LGBTQ+ publisher,) and Rosarium Publishing (a PoC publisher with a focus on SFF.) Possibly, this is b/c they publish so few books, that they want to take the best of what they&#39;re offered! (Also, you should totally check out those publishers - they&#39;re great!)Cee Arrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074909561530525221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-22389035921723781482017-04-20T08:05:51.054-07:002017-04-20T08:05:51.054-07:00Interesting post. I don&#39;t even bother looking ...Interesting post. I don&#39;t even bother looking up who the publishers are for most of the books I read. I don&#39;t care about the publishers because I&#39;ve learned that good and bad books can come from anywhere. To me the most important thing is the quality of the book, not who publishes it.Nerdgirl Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988689551994156529noreply@blogger.com
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