Re: Should we jail librarians ? !

From	"A.M" <.m@nsn.s>
Newsgroups	sci.physics, comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.free.newsservers, sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: Should we jail librarians ? !
Date	2015-08-19 12:54 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<mr2c8t$40p$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2015-08-18 8:04 PM, noel wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:48:29 -0400, A.M wrote:
> 
>>
>> It really is repulsive how little authors actually make from their
>> craft. If you're a well-known artist of any kind, it really is to your
>> advantage to self-publish. Of course, if no one knows who you are, it
>> might be better to make a name for yourself first with the marketing of
>> a publisher. Most of your profits will go to paying their salaries, but
>> once you become famous, you can change your way of operating entirely.
> 
> Exactly!  but how many do, how many are blinded by their managers self 
> interest bullshit that make it seems the world will fall apart if tehy go 
> it alone, and so just end up going with the flow maintaining status quo.
> sadly.. most...

As an author, I am unknown and probably will remain that way for my
entire life. Knowing that there was no way that I was ever going to make
any kind of real money from the craft, I was ready and willing to just
write stories and give them away. After all, I was more interested in
fame (no matter how little of it) than fortune anyway. My wife pushed me
into seeking compensation which is why I published it, however I
insisted on self-publishing for two reasons: 1) I retain all rights, 2)
if there are profits of any kind, I get the largest amount of them. I
know that self-publishing is not seen as favourably as being published.
After all, self-publishing tends to suggest that the book itself is not
that great because it wasn't good enough to be picked up by a company.
Meanwhile, I never sought the interest of a publisher. Whether I end up
being the greatest author who ever lived or some hack, it feels good to
know that I am not subservient to anyone else. I would absolutely love
for most talented musicians to take this route as well, especially since
there are many excellent web sites which will market their music just as
effectively as any publisher would, people buy digital copies of music
instead of physical ones and they get to keep all of their royalties.
Thom Yorke's been convinced, I can only hope others see how awful the
current system is and move away from it.

-- 
A.M

Hillary for Prison 2016!!

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