What Will Our Own Neil Nyren Talk About? - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T13:20:29Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/what-will-our-own-neil-nyren?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A277587&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHah! That proves a suspicion…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-18:537324:Comment:2786472011-03-18T14:32:10.665ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>Hah! That proves a suspicion I've had about the blatant part of that. Unfortunately, our Blog section (which is the place for BSP from members and regulars) is full of stuff from people who use the site only for their BSP, never participate anywhere else, never answer comments on the "blogs" and generally make a nuisance of themselves. And we know who they are.</p>
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<p>Grumble!</p>
<p>Hah! That proves a suspicion I've had about the blatant part of that. Unfortunately, our Blog section (which is the place for BSP from members and regulars) is full of stuff from people who use the site only for their BSP, never participate anywhere else, never answer comments on the "blogs" and generally make a nuisance of themselves. And we know who they are.</p>
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<p>Grumble!</p> Seconded -- er, fifthed? -- o…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-18:537324:Comment:2786072011-03-18T07:18:16.481ZminervaKhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/minervakoenig
Seconded -- er, fifthed? -- on having eased off here due to an upswing in BSP posts... here's hoping it's not permanent.
Seconded -- er, fifthed? -- on having eased off here due to an upswing in BSP posts... here's hoping it's not permanent. Actually, I think we're in mu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-13:537324:Comment:2775972011-03-13T20:48:41.880ZNeil Nyrenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/NeilNyren
<p>Actually, I think we're in much better shape than we were a year ago. The recession has eased a bit, and ebooks aren't punishing the industry -- they're part of the industry. They're still your books, they're just being sold in a different format. This January at the Consumer Electronic Shows, nearly a hundred different kinds of tablets were introduced. They all had different uses and affiliations and some of them will never actually get produced, but the one thing most, maybe all, of them…</p>
<p>Actually, I think we're in much better shape than we were a year ago. The recession has eased a bit, and ebooks aren't punishing the industry -- they're part of the industry. They're still your books, they're just being sold in a different format. This January at the Consumer Electronic Shows, nearly a hundred different kinds of tablets were introduced. They all had different uses and affiliations and some of them will never actually get produced, but the one thing most, maybe all, of them had in common was apps. And among them will be apps for selling and reading books. And the bottom line is: The more ways you have to buy a book, the more ways you have to read a book, the more platforms and formats for them exist...the more books you're going to sell.</p>
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<p>So, no, I'm not crying. We're all having to adjust as we go along, mind you, because noone really knows what the final print/ebook ratio will turn out to be (at the moment, it's in the neighborhood of about 85/15 print/electronic, by the way, so it's not like the world's turned upside down), but adjusting we are.</p>
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<p>And as far as "limited new purchases" go -- not as far as we're concerned. We're being very careful about what we buy...but I would have said the same thing five years ago.</p> That's what I figured. The bu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-13:537324:Comment:2776192011-03-13T19:50:05.056ZJack Getzehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
<p>That's what I figured. The business is changng so fast, why plan remarks for April?</p>
<p>Seriously, thanks for showing up, but I know I'm not the only one worried about new projects and my agent -- are things as bad as we're hearing? Agents are crying, leaving the business. Editors fired everywhere. Limited new purchases by you big publishing houses and the small ones. It really seems like the rise of ebooks and the recession has punished the industry. Is it really going to come back with…</p>
<p>That's what I figured. The business is changng so fast, why plan remarks for April?</p>
<p>Seriously, thanks for showing up, but I know I'm not the only one worried about new projects and my agent -- are things as bad as we're hearing? Agents are crying, leaving the business. Editors fired everywhere. Limited new purchases by you big publishing houses and the small ones. It really seems like the rise of ebooks and the recession has punished the industry. Is it really going to come back with the rest of the economy?</p> Hi, Jack -- Just noticed the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-13:537324:Comment:2775872011-03-13T16:17:55.839ZNeil Nyrenhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/NeilNyren
Hi, Jack -- Just noticed the post. The Nyren Eye, huh? Whispers and legends? Geez. I better go find where I put that Eye. I know I left it around here somewhere. It's probably right next to the remarks for April 6th. If any of you run across either one of them, let me know.
Hi, Jack -- Just noticed the post. The Nyren Eye, huh? Whispers and legends? Geez. I better go find where I put that Eye. I know I left it around here somewhere. It's probably right next to the remarks for April 6th. If any of you run across either one of them, let me know. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMIIIISSSSSSS…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-13:537324:Comment:2775062011-03-13T06:21:57.831ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMIIIISSSSSSSSSSS!!!</p>
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<p>Maybe he's wrapped up in all the goings-on in Madison.</p>
<p>LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMIIIISSSSSSSSSSS!!!</p>
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<p>Maybe he's wrapped up in all the goings-on in Madison.</p> I admit my eBook is amateuris…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-13:537324:Comment:2774862011-03-13T06:20:45.576ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>I admit my eBook is amateurish, but what the hell, it's more of an experiment anyway. I'm totally with you about covers. They just get worse.</p>
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<p>It's the cover that's now drawing lines between the good and bad – from the reader's standpoint. You CAN judge a book by its cover when there are 9 million new titles published every hour.</p>
<p>I admit my eBook is amateurish, but what the hell, it's more of an experiment anyway. I'm totally with you about covers. They just get worse.</p>
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<p>It's the cover that's now drawing lines between the good and bad – from the reader's standpoint. You CAN judge a book by its cover when there are 9 million new titles published every hour.</p> And where is that nutty profe…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-13:537324:Comment:2774662011-03-13T03:16:14.394ZEric Christophersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
And where is that nutty professor from the upper midwest somewhere? Jon something, wasn't it?
And where is that nutty professor from the upper midwest somewhere? Jon something, wasn't it? Glad you said something, Dana…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-12:537324:Comment:2774022011-03-12T23:16:43.810ZJack Getzehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
<p>Glad you said something, Dana. It's not just the blatant self-promotion, either. It seems like so many people here only talk about their latest review, their latest guest blog, their latest book signing. </p>
<p>Plus, there seems to be a rash of the worst, most amateurish cover art/video feeds ever on the left. Do people really buy books with covers like that? And I thought mine were lame.</p>
<p>Glad you said something, Dana. It's not just the blatant self-promotion, either. It seems like so many people here only talk about their latest review, their latest guest blog, their latest book signing. </p>
<p>Plus, there seems to be a rash of the worst, most amateurish cover art/video feeds ever on the left. Do people really buy books with covers like that? And I thought mine were lame.</p> Amen!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-12:537324:Comment:2774002011-03-12T22:37:35.730ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Amen!
Amen!