Comments on: A note to Publishers

By: Donna Hole

Donna Hole — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:55:41 +0000

Someone had to say it

……..dhole

By: Lisa Marie

Lisa Marie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:02:01 +0000

Michael? You so rock. You really do.

I would love to see far fewer of these “flavor-of-the month” books and more with substantive value. (And this includes commercial diet books, too.)

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:14:10 +0000

The thing I always wonder about is this: When something like White Whine or Humblebrag–both of which are basically just repeating other people’s tweets or Facebook posts–gets a book deal, do the people who have unintentionally (and often unknowingly) contributed get credit? I suppose fair use applies because no one entry constitutes enough of the entire work to matter, but I still think it’s wrong. Not to mention lazy. If you want to write a book, write a book. If you want to edit an anthology, solicit contributions and edit them. If you want to make a quick buck off a desperate publisher, come up with an appropriately snarky idea and then hit the “retweet” button repeatedly.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:44:58 +0000

Fabulous! I am sicken by the over abundance of life stories of the famous. People need to have a reason to read, by offering new writers and new stories. Publishers please do give more writers a chance.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:48:30 +0000

Absolutely this. Fantastic idea too!