I imagine there are a lot of writers and here and obviously/definitely a lot of readers and I was just wondering what you all made of the latest literary revolution (this time technological) that is self publishing and e-publishing with sites like amazn, cre8 space etc. on the one hand would be authors are no longer entirely dependant on the big wig publishing houses, they now have more freedom & opportunity without answering to the cracking whip of the literary establishment for a piece of the action- on the other hand there is now an ocean of bad writing getting ever more polluted with further bad writing. something the publishers at least filtered a little. is it a wise investment or just fools gold?
also are these independent authors now being ripped off by sites such as amzn. is it power to the people or a scam?
do you perceive it as a liberating, artistic movement or is it just vanity publishing gone mad? I would be interested to hear your thoughts :)
Has anyone on here gone the self publishing route themselves? what were your experiences?
Also, finally, the big one - BUKOWSKI.
Would Bukowski, if the option were available to self publish online and reach a worldwide audience have hopped on the bandwagon and gone it alone? or would he have done it the old fashioned way and continued to seek publishers approval? would he have continued to work with/for Jon Martin? considering BSP's censorship of Buk's writing? Of course this last question is just speculation but I'm curious how you think he would have done with the internet at his disposal? considering that he achieved great success & notoriety without it.
also are these independent authors now being ripped off by sites such as amzn. is it power to the people or a scam?
do you perceive it as a liberating, artistic movement or is it just vanity publishing gone mad? I would be interested to hear your thoughts :)
Has anyone on here gone the self publishing route themselves? what were your experiences?
Also, finally, the big one - BUKOWSKI.
Would Bukowski, if the option were available to self publish online and reach a worldwide audience have hopped on the bandwagon and gone it alone? or would he have done it the old fashioned way and continued to seek publishers approval? would he have continued to work with/for Jon Martin? considering BSP's censorship of Buk's writing? Of course this last question is just speculation but I'm curious how you think he would have done with the internet at his disposal? considering that he achieved great success & notoriety without it.
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