tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post6850805267039933536..comments2024-02-24T08:17:41.032-08:00Comments on One Bite at a Time: Clash of the TitansDana Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-60582290340776367522010-02-02T11:46:26.493-08:002010-02-02T11:46:26.493-08:00Thanks for directing me to Konrath's blog, Mik...Thanks for directing me to Konrath's blog, Mike. I do agree with him, though I may be a little more hard-line about what constitutes theft than he is. <br /><br />I get into occasional discussions of Crimespace with editor Neil Nyren, who, I readily admit, knows more about publishing than I ever will. He's a nice guy, and smart, but he constantly points out reasons for why publishers do things the way they do them. What he doesn't address is, while that may be how things are done, they can't get away with doing them like that for much longer, and had better start thinking up ways to improve the situation apart from sticking it to the authors, who are pretty much up against it already.<br /><br />As I said, I'm not a published novelist, but I can see where they're getting squeezed, and it's beginning to put a drag on my willingness to do what's necessary to get published. It's harder every day to convince myself it's worth it.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-40320953297039347262010-02-01T23:06:45.985-08:002010-02-01T23:06:45.985-08:00Excellent post, Dana. Check out Joe Konrath's...Excellent post, Dana. Check out Joe Konrath's latest blog on the subject, if you haven't already. He's very insightful on this topic, and I think you would agree with him. I know I do.<br /><br />Basically, all this hand-wringing over Amazon is counter-productive. Higher prices for eBooks (which can be produced ad infinitum for next to nothing) will ONLY result in fewer books sold and MORE piracy. That's MORE piracy.Mike Dennishttp://mikedennisnoir.comnoreply@blogger.com