Comments on: Why Your Book Will Never Be in Borders http://loudpoet.com/2008/10/24/why-your-book-will-never-be-in-borders/ loudpoet.com: Blogging it like it is since 2003 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:02:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mondi http://loudpoet.com/2008/10/24/why-your-book-will-never-be-in-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-2910 Mondi Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:55:46 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=1495#comment-2910 Yeah, I'm lame. But thanks for replying :-) Yeah, I'm lame. But thanks for replying :-)

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://loudpoet.com/2008/10/24/why-your-book-will-never-be-in-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-2909 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:59:07 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=1495#comment-2909 Wow, you dug all the way back to 2008? Impressive! And no apologies necessary; thanks for the great comments.<br><br>As for publishers, they want authors with a following to sell books to, but as Chris Anderson and Hyperion learned with FREE, content and context require a delicate balance when it comes to online exposure. Wow, you dug all the way back to 2008? Impressive! And no apologies necessary; thanks for the great comments.

As for publishers, they want authors with a following to sell books to, but as Chris Anderson and Hyperion learned with FREE, content and context require a delicate balance when it comes to online exposure.

]]> By: Mondi http://loudpoet.com/2008/10/24/why-your-book-will-never-be-in-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-2898 Mondi Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:25:13 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=1495#comment-2898 "The electronic testing of a book is something an individual author can do just as easily, if not more so, than a publisher these days..." - I agree with this. Because if you are writing the book, obviously, you have to love it more than anyone else, to some extent, no? And who better to sell a product than someone who truly loves it? At least you'll be pushing your own work and it will be important to you. No one else might give a damn, but at least it gives the author some sort of fulfillment.<br><br><br>"...and is a smart way to gauge the market for your work before pitching it to a traditional publisher or investing your own money into publishing it yourself." This part I'm 50/50 on. I really agree with the point of, building a following online, getting some interest, seeing if anyone gives a crap. But then I wonder if that can ever negatively affect your chances of getting published by a traditional publisher down the road? Or would it increase them, because they'd be able to cash in on a system that's already in place?<br><br>(Sorry for attacking your blog with comments. I've never been here before and so far, I'm loving it. Addicted much?) “The electronic testing of a book is something an individual author can do just as easily, if not more so, than a publisher these days…” – I agree with this. Because if you are writing the book, obviously, you have to love it more than anyone else, to some extent, no? And who better to sell a product than someone who truly loves it? At least you'll be pushing your own work and it will be important to you. No one else might give a damn, but at least it gives the author some sort of fulfillment.

“…and is a smart way to gauge the market for your work before pitching it to a traditional publisher or investing your own money into publishing it yourself.” This part I'm 50/50 on. I really agree with the point of, building a following online, getting some interest, seeing if anyone gives a crap. But then I wonder if that can ever negatively affect your chances of getting published by a traditional publisher down the road? Or would it increase them, because they'd be able to cash in on a system that's already in place?

(Sorry for attacking your blog with comments. I've never been here before and so far, I'm loving it. Addicted much?)

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