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Commented on Information, Freedom, Flame-bait
I kept much of this in mind when I came up for the strategy for marketing my own books. I have a few things which I give away, which are lead-ins to the things I sell. I'm happy to give...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Information, Freedom, Flame-bait
fzort: I hear you, but I'd like to just note that the US cover of "Saturn's Children" was none of my doing. All I deliver is the stuff between the covers -- control over the book's cover, the title, the blurb on it, even in extreme cases the author's name -- lies with the publisher....
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Sean Eric Fagan commented on
Information, Freedom, Flame-bait
even in extreme cases the author's name Wozzat? Can you explain that one a bit?...
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Sean Eric Fagan commented on
Information, Freedom, Flame-bait
sales are too low Okay, I guess I knew about that one -- Robin Hobb / Megan Lindholm was the one I knew of....
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Charlie Stross commented on
Information, Freedom, Flame-bait
Art, there's a lot of ill-will all round; you haven't been seeing the moderation policy violations that my scheming minions have been censoring (for lo, being really rude will get your comments censored around here: I am not the US government and I am under no obligation to observe your first amendment rights, which, in any case, Do Not Exist Here In The UK). It gets a bit wearing, after a while, being told you're a greedy, unimaginative, grasping hack....
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Charlie Stross commented on
Information, Freedom, Flame-bait
Art: I hear where you're coming from. Trouble is, we don't have different terms for "free(as in beer)tard" and "free(as in speech)tard(or rather, ideologue)". The latter I've got some respect for, although I disagree with the position somewhat: the former are ... tards. And they're the ones who're saying "ditch your parasitic publisher middle-men and sell to us! We'll pay your royalty rates!" -- which can be translated as "we don't care about the quality provided by editing; we just want to pay a tenth as much". Do I need to add that I fear, hate, loathe, and refuse to...
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