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Commented on CREATe: a trade fiction author's perspective
An author friend of mine just sent me a link to this post, and I have to say that as someone who works as a book publicist for an indie publisher, I found myself nodding along with so much of...
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Charlie Stross commented on
CREATe: a trade fiction author's perspective
I'd be astonished if anyone at BBC News knew about the CREATe conference -- it was pitched as an academic initiative, and not a terribly big one, either....
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Dave_the_Proc commented on
CREATe: a trade fiction author's perspective
Hm. Good point....
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Adrian Howard commented on
CREATe: a trade fiction author's perspective
I wonder if it will also cure the vanity publisher scam problem... I imagine they'll just evolve and merge into the scammier end of SEO / content marketing. "Is your wonderful new master work not selling on Amazon?Are you seeing inferior work from Evil Publishers outselling your new novel? For just $XXX we can help rework the cover art / summary / title / copy edit your way to success!" One 99design logo + trip through mechanical turk later... "Oh... the first $XXX didn't fix it - well you probably need our $up-sell product range." Repeat until poor....
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zhochaka commented on
CREATe: a trade fiction author's perspective
Hmm, I'd think that they get a list of what events Government ministers are speaking at, maybe even a copy of the intended speech, but whether anyone would pay any attention is another matter. The ministers have their own little publicity machine, after all. It's a bit like the Kendle store. Some poor bugger has to take the trouble to read the stuff, and decide what is worth bothering with....
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paws4thot commented on
CREATe: a trade fiction author's perspective
A bit like how I'll take recommendations from any regular poster here as worth the effort to check on-line sources and reviews, and quite possibly worth investing in a paperback or two....
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