i went for a stroll through the blogosphere. and ran straight into a theme that kept me pondering, and type out a longer post about gender / minority / tags in the literary scene, this is related both to blueprintreview and daily s-press.
another feature that made me revisit the page twice is an interview in the Galleycat mediabistro, with lit manager Ken Atchity, about the current state of the publishing and film+tv marketplace:
"They've put the marketplace, in both LA (film and television) and NY (publishing) on edge and in a tailspin, if you can imagine that mixed metaphor. Coupled with the Recession, we're dealing with the toughest marketplace I've ever seen in my long career. Everyone's afraid to be stuck holding the wrong goods, when the delivery vehicles for stories are changing at an exponential pace.
Not surprisingly, this skittishness on the part of the established companies will accelerate their decline. Instead of meeting the situation head on and being aggressive about maintaining their way of life while also adapting (ebooks still account for less than 5% of the market), they are hiding their heads in the sand for the most part, afraid to introduce new authors, afraid to spend money and, in the end, afraid to lose their jobs."
his advice for authors:
- "Somehow focus and diversify at the same time. And never give up."
- "Thinking outside the box is the only way to succeed in a world where all the boxes are collapsing around us."
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+ a last link, both hilarious and sad: the story of a literary journal that received a review copy, and instead of reviewing it, went ahead and put up an e-store to sell it, using the magazine's name as store name: Brooklyn Rail.
another feature that made me revisit the page twice is an interview in the Galleycat mediabistro, with lit manager Ken Atchity, about the current state of the publishing and film+tv marketplace:
"They've put the marketplace, in both LA (film and television) and NY (publishing) on edge and in a tailspin, if you can imagine that mixed metaphor. Coupled with the Recession, we're dealing with the toughest marketplace I've ever seen in my long career. Everyone's afraid to be stuck holding the wrong goods, when the delivery vehicles for stories are changing at an exponential pace.
Not surprisingly, this skittishness on the part of the established companies will accelerate their decline. Instead of meeting the situation head on and being aggressive about maintaining their way of life while also adapting (ebooks still account for less than 5% of the market), they are hiding their heads in the sand for the most part, afraid to introduce new authors, afraid to spend money and, in the end, afraid to lose their jobs."
his advice for authors:
- "Somehow focus and diversify at the same time. And never give up."
- "Thinking outside the box is the only way to succeed in a world where all the boxes are collapsing around us."
--
+ a last link, both hilarious and sad: the story of a literary journal that received a review copy, and instead of reviewing it, went ahead and put up an e-store to sell it, using the magazine's name as store name: Brooklyn Rail.
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1 comment:
With advice like this who needs enemies? I will lie amongst the collapsing boxes. Focusing and diversifying. Somehow. Thank you.
Re Brooklyn Rail - that is sad, sad....
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