I am fed up with «indie»
authors whining about not being «accepted».
Authors whine about coughing up money to Bowker for a block of ISBNs, but that one small expense keeps a lot of spammy content out of the publishing stream.
Not exact matches
This group of
authors, agents and booksellers have written the Department of Justice to
whine yet again
about how Amazon is killing the publishing industry.
You're arguing that
authors are too soft skinnned to take a bad review yet, you
whine about others commenting
about how you review.
Bestselling
authors are regularly trashed by literary critics who
whine about the poor writing.
But I'm not
whining about my status as a self - pub
author... I'm trying to improve it, by making what I thought was a helpful suggestion.
I keep hearing some self - published
authors cringing and
whining all the time
about how difficult it is to pursue a career as a writer.
But, after reading yet another article
about a group of
authors whining because the new program will put them out of business — and without them waiting around to see how the program pays out at the end of the month — I decided to see if the preliminary figures support my initial thoughts on the program.
If independent booksellers did half as much as what AMZN does for
authors (not to mention buyers), THEN they can
whine about linking my books to my favorite 100 ton gorilla.
It was only when Amazon finally removed the pre-order buttons and stopped keeping large stock of Hatchette titles on hand in April that Hatchette responded and most of that was
whining in public to the media and its
authors about how mean and evil Amazon is.
What
authors should be doing, rather than
whining about book reviews, is striving for and demanding the highest quality of professional standards.
And don't start
whining about how X famous
author only puts out one book every Y years.
Authors should do their homework and choose the publishing path that best suits their work and their goals — there is no one best way to publish — but
whining about being shut out is a waste of time.
Also: When I say this
authors whine and moan
about how they would hate to write in a more popular genre and that they'd rather be flipping burgers.