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Bob Gordon
 Nov 18, 06 - 10:09 AM |
Is fiction publishing dying?
I like the comments on your webpage. Websites about Canadian authors and writing are difficult to find. At least sites that don't express young people's impatience and lack of experience are hard to find. I refer to blog authors that think the use of sex oriented 4-letter words create readable impact. It takes a great deal of effort, learning and patience to write a salable manuscript. Simply scanning the publishing houses listed on the Predators and Editors website reveals the thousands of published books available in every format imaginable. Like becoming an Olympic athlete or professional sportsperson recognition as a writer does not come easy. Everyone (almost) can walk and run but only a few reach the pinnacle of competition. Although everyone or at least almost everyone completing primary education can write it takes years of practice and learning to write well enough to compete with the legions trying to write the world's next great novel. Add to that the advent of self publishing where anyone that thinks they can write can put out 10 to 100 books for a few hundred dollars and self market the book through major book store signings and free internet classified ad sites. The cost isn’t much more than a few tanks of gasoline. Is it any wonder traditional fiction publishing is considered dying or is it simply changing to meet today's needs? |
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