tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7771109817554842068..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Indies are Coming by Dan HollowayKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-54573110612407826352014-04-20T09:00:40.879+01:002014-04-20T09:00:40.879+01:00Me too, DebbieMe too, DebbieSandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23998367062890142014-04-18T23:14:36.469+01:002014-04-18T23:14:36.469+01:00Lee, I'd point you to Penny Goring, Rohan Quin...Lee, I'd point you to Penny Goring, Rohan Quine and Andy HarrodDan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-78982042637937047302014-04-17T19:04:26.077+01:002014-04-17T19:04:26.077+01:00Debbie, I agree.Debbie, I agree.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35718276275585344022014-04-17T16:58:25.669+01:002014-04-17T16:58:25.669+01:00For me, the turning point will be when nobody care...For me, the turning point will be when nobody cares how it was published - just that it's available. That's how I read now. I genuinely don't care if it's indie or trad any more.Debbie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761474820689143835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16030598530034611692014-04-17T15:15:32.740+01:002014-04-17T15:15:32.740+01:00Chris, I haven't said there are no outstanding...Chris, I haven't said there are <i>no</i> outstanding self-published works (of fiction, I need to add in terms of my own reading) - just very few. But I'll be glad to be wrong (and yes, I'm demanding when it comes to prose): just point me in the direction of a Jenny Dinski or Daniel Mendelsohn (nonfiction), or Penelope Fitzgerald or Alan Hollinghurst or Harry Mulisch.<br /><br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84351204491526898602014-04-17T09:40:21.663+01:002014-04-17T09:40:21.663+01:00Perhaps you're reading the wrong indie books, ...Perhaps you're reading the wrong indie books, Lee. Having just finished a non-fiction book on crime writing and indi books, I've come across quite a lot of excellent ones, as well as the middling ones and the downright awful.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-90309366983218079752014-04-16T20:50:12.014+01:002014-04-16T20:50:12.014+01:00Thanks, Mari
Lee - I'm not saying there aren&...Thanks, Mari<br /><br />Lee - I'm not saying there aren't those books in the traditional sector - it's certainly the case with small presses. My complaint is strictly with the conservatism of the media (and that applies with small presses too). To give you one example - Penny Goring's Everywhere CloudDan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-7127128559294104102014-04-16T15:58:54.170+01:002014-04-16T15:58:54.170+01:00I'm hardly going to quibble with you, Dan, abo...I'm hardly going to quibble with you, Dan, about the need for recognition, but I feel it's going a bit far to suggest that what self-publishing does best is 'the wild, the brilliant, the flamboyant and the flawed'. OK, I'll grant you the flawed, and maybe some of the rest from time to time, but I've seldom come across anything in self-publishing that I could honestly call brilliant. But then again, I reserve that term for what is genuinely rare, whereas a lot of people like to call anything that amuses them for an hour or two 'brilliant'. <br /><br />In other words, as much as I'm personally committed to self-publishing, I cannot honestly find outstanding works better represented in this sector than in conventional and small press publishing - and probably much less so.<br /><br />It's nonsense to suggest that readers who only buy from the latter category 'will never be exposed to something truly astounding and life-changing...' (I'll ignore the whole question of whether a book can actually be life-changing.) There still is some excellent work, even outstanding work, published conventionally, you know.<br /><br />An unpalatable truth perhaps, but I'm not one to shy away from expressing it. <br /><br />And yes, I'm an elitist in this sense. So what? We need a few of them buzzards too.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-72293069555310940302014-04-16T14:38:29.337+01:002014-04-16T14:38:29.337+01:00I couldn't agree more, Dan. I'd also like ...I couldn't agree more, Dan. I'd also like to remind everyone that they can sign ALLi's petition here: https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/open-up-to-indie-authors.Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.com