Quote: HJW, Friday, 10 Apr 2009 08:49This
Guardian Book Blog raised interesting comments - and YWO gets a mention (I see some regulars have commented).
The usual 'he said, she said, i know you don't know, this is good, this is bad, black and white extreme thinking'- mostly twaddle and drivel from folk with way too much time on their hands and who have little appreciation that the pulishing industry is lagging behind other creative mediums in allowing the creative process to benefit the artist/writer and not the 'distribtion channel'
But equally - all miss the point, the product , no matter how it is produced and shared, still has to be good. There are far more pants and atrocious bands/music on MySpace et al than great talent that is discovered. For us writers, the internet, POD, vanity publishing and the YWO offers the same opportunity and pitfalls.
I salute it and thank it for giving me an opportunity to be read.
Good luck to all that publish, POD, blog or whatever... the public will decide...
This post was last edited by Steevang, 10 Apr 2009, 14:42
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