Comments - YOU CAN'T PROMOTE WHAT DOESN'T EXIST - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T00:07:58Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A355870&xn_auth=noI refuse to read the book as…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-09-07:537324:Comment:3775282013-09-07T03:31:31.827ZSunny Frazierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SunnyFrazier
<p>I refuse to read the book as well--not for content, but because I heard it was badly written. The readership it attracted probably doesn't care about craft, only crap.</p>
<p>We can bemoan the fact that Snookie gets a publishing contract for being trashy and topical, but we can't control the industry. I love competition and I like to find ways to pull away from the crowd. Personality is the main way to get people's attention. Make them WANT to buy your book because you've intrigued them with…</p>
<p>I refuse to read the book as well--not for content, but because I heard it was badly written. The readership it attracted probably doesn't care about craft, only crap.</p>
<p>We can bemoan the fact that Snookie gets a publishing contract for being trashy and topical, but we can't control the industry. I love competition and I like to find ways to pull away from the crowd. Personality is the main way to get people's attention. Make them WANT to buy your book because you've intrigued them with your personality. I like to be forthright, brazen, funny, with strong opinions. Not everyone's cup of tea. Actually make friends with Face Book friends. Take an interest in other people's lives and career. Integrate yourself into theirs. </p>
<p>Yes, titles fight for attention. However, many are lousy reads because nobody is playing gatekeeper. Buyer beware. That doesn't stop them from buying. Plus, a huge number just get the books on Kindle and go on to write the next one. No marketing, no sales. I think the author with a strong and economical marketing strategy can work the system to their advantage. That wasn't always the case. These are better times, despite the fact that every person with a computer can write a novel. </p>
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<p> </p> Exactly. Epublishing offers w…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2013-09-07:537324:Comment:3774322013-09-07T02:07:34.934ZDan L. Colemanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanLColeman931
<p>Exactly. Epublishing offers writers something never before available, whether individually or through any number of the many new outfits, all bootstrapping. One can sit at home even and be all parties to the business, except the buyer-reader. The problem is the huge number of titles out there fighting for attention and the fact that at least 98% of them are garbage that won't get past the first sentence or paragraph for the typical literate reader.</p>
<p>Well, maybe in most cases. I…</p>
<p>Exactly. Epublishing offers writers something never before available, whether individually or through any number of the many new outfits, all bootstrapping. One can sit at home even and be all parties to the business, except the buyer-reader. The problem is the huge number of titles out there fighting for attention and the fact that at least 98% of them are garbage that won't get past the first sentence or paragraph for the typical literate reader.</p>
<p>Well, maybe in most cases. I understand E.L. James(?) made $95 million dollars last year for Fifty Shades of Grey and a couple others, but it was the titillating subject matter and not the lousy writing and poor English. Sex sells. Haven't read it, myself, but of those I know who have, all put it down after a few chapters, either bored with the story or distracted by the bad writing. But I hail the author's success in the marketing end. Goes to prove you can sell anything, especially here in the U.S.A., if you package it right.</p>
<p>But the reward for not publishing is obscurity.</p>