I’m loving this confidence, Will. Great to see you so comfortable again. I agree with everything you said, dumb as it may sound that I don’t have my own opinion to give lol I’m trying to keep all these things in mind for when I publish my own work.
We’re in the middle of a heat wave as well. And our state, Oregon, is known for raining 9 months out of the year. Not this one. Any time it rains, I’m doing a happy dance.
I think the publishing industry has been like this for a while now. The marketing and sales teams elbowed the creative editors out for decision making on what titles to take, not based on risk or author potential & development, but purely on sales numbers and can you get it in Tescos... This all happened with the advance of self-publishing, e-readers and the publishing houses merging with one another into the big 6. The industry had been coasting along for decades with an unworkable economic model, so some change had to come, just a shame it's led to the current state of affairs.
GRADITUDE for sharing this & getting the discussion going. Book 1 NEEDS to happen before you can get to Book 53/54 (Walter Mosley). Also, you have given me another more kindling to self-publish. I would rather takey efforts & the risk. Hopefully when I get over my reservations & issues my writing is successful enough that the publishing industry has a new work of fiction to copy.
the major problem with self publishing (having published 8 titles myself) is that they disappear from view & visibility so quickly, deluged by the next flood of titles. It's really hard keeping your book visible enough so people know it and you as a writer even exist. I wish you the best of luck with it
Really, the book publishing industry should look at Hollywood and also the games industry and realise that "safe bets" are actually quite risky. Example, you talk about cinematic universes, but other than Marvel have any been particularly successful? The games industry has Battle Royale as its hot current thing, but other than PUBG or Fortnite, pretty much everything has been a flop so far. For cheap imitators it doesn't matter because they can produce cheap and sell cheap, but we're seeing people pouring huge amounts into projects capitalising on a trend that fall hard. I think this sort of thing happens with books too. Hack writers that can churn out garbage quickly can and will totally profit from the hot trends. But putting a lot of yourself into trying to achieve what the big hitters are doing risks setting yourself up for failure and disappointment.
I’m loving this confidence, Will. Great to see you so comfortable again.
I agree with everything you said, dumb as it may sound that I don’t have my own opinion to give lol I’m trying to keep all these things in mind for when I publish my own work.
I get that 100% and thanks I’m not 100% yet but getting close
I love the setting of this video
Thanks
We’re in the middle of a heat wave as well. And our state, Oregon, is known for raining 9 months out of the year. Not this one. Any time it rains, I’m doing a happy dance.
ive never seen sun like that now at almost 60 days without rain
Nicely done! I didn't watch the original video because I wasn't interested but I knew enough for this video to make a lot of sense
thanks and yes i tried to lay out all the info
I think the publishing industry has been like this for a while now. The marketing and sales teams elbowed the creative editors out for decision making on what titles to take, not based on risk or author potential & development, but purely on sales numbers and can you get it in Tescos... This all happened with the advance of self-publishing, e-readers and the publishing houses merging with one another into the big 6. The industry had been coasting along for decades with an unworkable economic model, so some change had to come, just a shame it's led to the current state of affairs.
with you on that
GRADITUDE for sharing this & getting the discussion going. Book 1 NEEDS to happen before you can get to Book 53/54 (Walter Mosley). Also, you have given me another more kindling to self-publish. I would rather takey efforts & the risk. Hopefully when I get over my reservations & issues my writing is successful enough that the publishing industry has a new work of fiction to copy.
Thank you
the major problem with self publishing (having published 8 titles myself) is that they disappear from view & visibility so quickly, deluged by the next flood of titles. It's really hard keeping your book visible enough so people know it and you as a writer even exist. I wish you the best of luck with it
yes its a lot of hard work and very hard, lots of it is down to luck
Really, the book publishing industry should look at Hollywood and also the games industry and realise that "safe bets" are actually quite risky.
Example, you talk about cinematic universes, but other than Marvel have any been particularly successful? The games industry has Battle Royale as its hot current thing, but other than PUBG or Fortnite, pretty much everything has been a flop so far.
For cheap imitators it doesn't matter because they can produce cheap and sell cheap, but we're seeing people pouring huge amounts into projects capitalising on a trend that fall hard.
I think this sort of thing happens with books too. Hack writers that can churn out garbage quickly can and will totally profit from the hot trends. But putting a lot of yourself into trying to achieve what the big hitters are doing risks setting yourself up for failure and disappointment.
Well said and so much truth
Great video dude
thanks
I had never heard of this Emma person. I am probably not in her demographic.
she is a vlogger and singer but her book was a very odd thing
Why are you in a church?
its a lovely place nice setting and open to the public
baldbookgeek it looks beautiful, just not your typical video setting so I was curious, haha
its a lovely place