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This was a fun read. I appreciate how many prefixes you've been able to attach to "pub" ("deadpub" is still my favorite). Your point in the thread below is well-made. The "trad" publishing industry was an historical curiosity allowed to exist by a concomitance of 20th-century factors that have since passed away.
Anais Nin said, "If you don't breathe through writing, don't write, because our culture has no use for it."
And if there is some truism to be made for the value of ANY self-made (SEE: "indie") art, that's got to be it.
I think you're right on all points. Except, I don't think Sanderson proved them. Because he was an industry insider, the real proof will be when someone comes out of nowhere and does the same.
Yes, and we have plenty more. Other originally self-published authors who hit it big include Amanda Hocking, John Scalzi, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Shakespeare.
What we consider "tradpub" is really a historical fluke.
Say it louder for the people in back
This was a fun read. I appreciate how many prefixes you've been able to attach to "pub" ("deadpub" is still my favorite). Your point in the thread below is well-made. The "trad" publishing industry was an historical curiosity allowed to exist by a concomitance of 20th-century factors that have since passed away.
Anais Nin said, "If you don't breathe through writing, don't write, because our culture has no use for it."
And if there is some truism to be made for the value of ANY self-made (SEE: "indie") art, that's got to be it.
DRM
I think you're right on all points. Except, I don't think Sanderson proved them. Because he was an industry insider, the real proof will be when someone comes out of nowhere and does the same.
Hugh Howey started out as self-published before signing on to Simon & Schuster.
Great example.
Yes, and we have plenty more. Other originally self-published authors who hit it big include Amanda Hocking, John Scalzi, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Shakespeare.
What we consider "tradpub" is really a historical fluke.