http://loudpoet.com/2009/03/16/building-and-curating-your-community-part-i/ loudpoet.com: Blogging it like it is since 2003 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://loudpoet.com/2009/03/16/building-and-curating-your-community-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2259 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez: loudpoet / Hitting the Reset Button on emedia Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:48:09 +0000 http://loudpoet.com/?p=2138#comment-2259 [...] I’ve noted previously how the major book publishers’ suicidal death spiral has thrown open the doors to savvy independent publishers and ambitious self-published authors, and the recent SXSW dustup Miller recounts above is but a piece of the puzzle. Ridiculous advances for “authors” of questionable worth; a completely broken distribution system they helped break; a dartboard business model that depends upon flooding the market with derivative work in hopes of stumbling upon a couple of big hits that keep the leaky ship afloat for another year — it’s insane! [...] [...] I’ve noted previously how the major book publishers’ suicidal death spiral has thrown open the doors to savvy independent publishers and ambitious self-published authors, and the recent SXSW dustup Miller recounts above is but a piece of the puzzle. Ridiculous advances for “authors” of questionable worth; a completely broken distribution system they helped break; a dartboard business model that depends upon flooding the market with derivative work in hopes of stumbling upon a couple of big hits that keep the leaky ship afloat for another year — it’s insane! [...]

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