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| Confessions of a Semi-Successful Author | 2004-03-22T07:46:42-05:00 | /confessions-of-a-semi-successful-author/ |
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Today, on Salon [subscription or ad-viewing required], the travails of the mid-list author in contemporary publishing:
If you don’t want to hear about the noir underside of publishing — if you’re a writer longing for a literary career, or a reader who’s happier not knowing that producing and marketing a book these days involves about as much moral purity as producing and marketing a pair of Nikes — I suggest you stop reading now.
If, on the other hand, you want a sobering view of the publishing industry’s focus on the bottom line, go read the full article. I’m left even more convinced that many writers — and not just those writing for a scholarly audience — would be well-served by a move back toward a gift-economy model of publishing.