They treated
authors like crap.
They are making record profits from the margins on ebooks and from paying
authors like crap.
Not exact matches
«A sticker just seems
like a really lame reward for a big poop,» says Jamie Glowacki, the
author of Oh
Crap!
However, I have been burned several times by purchasing selt - published
crap that read
like it was written in crayon and recorded in somebody's bathroom, and which was only featured in its proudly unedited form on Audible's list because the «
author» bought his way in.
Some
authors loved their friendly agent because she helped them through the process, and quite frankly, the business -
like agent scared the
crap out of them.
I also don't
like judging based on intention, as in, it's fine for «good
authors» with «real books» to do things, but not find for «hacks» who are publishing «
crap».
Why else would you attack another
author and their book (s) just because they
like a book or
author that appears on your
crap - list?
If I am an
author with a book that is NOT
crap, it's hard to distinguish myself — because I CA N'T get on blogs
like this one.
Prediction # 3... The
crap, the bad writing, the bad stories, even over-pushed books by an overhyped
authors, will sink
like stones in this new world.
It's one thing if the cover or the interior looks
like crap — that's the
author's responsibility — but the actual manufacturing of the book should not be a concern.
Of course,
authors like Mosley, Walker, Cleage and Morrison exist, but so do several (whose names I won't mention) who consistently produce
crap.
«But yes, Joe Konrath says traditional publishers treat their
authors like, um,
crap.»
When not saying dorky, embarrassing
crap like that, I is a game designer, science fiction
author, and former reviews editor for the now - defunct GamerSyndrome.com with years of experience writing for and about games.
Just because you don't
like the lead
author, or know that the other two
authors are distinguished specialists with sterling track records and citations for this sort of work that eclipse the
authors of the original paper in this particular specialty, doesn't mean you can make
crap up about them and call that vindication of the idea they have shown false.
The so - called consensus demands strict allegiance and rewards
authors if
crap papers
like this and that ridiculous lobster cannibalism paper of a few years ago eith career and financial rewards for hyping the climate,.