Post by account_disabled on Jan 3, 2024 5:19:48 GMT
For some time we have been witnessing the birth of site after site for creating ebooks . Some also offer various editorial services, such as proofreading , editing, cover design, promotion, etc. Others allow you to print hard copies of the book. We also know the message that these sites send - these companies, indeed - to attract customers among the masses. That's what you read in the subtitle of the post: "everyone can be a writer". This is the philosophy in vogue today. It is a message that resonates, because in many people the desire to write and publish a book is strong and, even if they have no interest in making a living from their novels, it still remains a tempting goal. A wrong message “Everyone can be a writer” is the wrong message, indeed it is a dishonest message. It is a slogan, therefore it comes from the language of marketing to pique people's curiosity, to push them to action: to be seduced by the possibility of making a dream come true.
And finally publish the first book. What do you see in all this? I see it as yet another way to make money, take advantage of the ignorance of the masses towards publishing and truly delude them that that book published in self-publishing is enough to be a writer. Yes, ignorance about what publishing means, about what a book is, about what it means to write and publish it. Ignorance on certain topics is not bad, Special Data each of us is ignorant in our own way, but it is bad to exploit that ignorance for our own purposes. Wild self-publishing It is not true that everyone can be a writer, otherwise everyone can be a painter, musician, sculptor, singer and so on. If we let that message pass, the masses will really believe that it is possible and the results will then be seen. Self-publishing does not have a good reputation, most readers trust publishing houses with their eyes closed and look at self-published authors with distrust.
If those sites imposed editing and, before editing, made a selection on what to publish and what not, they would become publishing houses and then goodbye to the dream "everyone can be a writer". Goodbye to the slogan. And to earnings. They can't change strategy. A rapidly spreading problem Do you know what I think is the real problem with wild self-publishing? It is not the sites that offer false promises nor those who persist in wanting to publish by force. No, in my opinion the biggest problem is the fast distribution of the ebook that exists today. Now I'll tell you a story. When I was a child, a neighbor wrote a book of poems and had it printed by a printer. Then she gave us a taste of her poetic delicacies and my sisters, hearing her recite those verses of hers, showed her with the innocent but frank manner of her tender age some of those poems of hers printed in a volume of I Fifteen . Yes, he had copied them. Not all, but a little. And she admitted it, but what else could she have done? Two creatures discover you, you can't help but laugh and admit the genius.
And finally publish the first book. What do you see in all this? I see it as yet another way to make money, take advantage of the ignorance of the masses towards publishing and truly delude them that that book published in self-publishing is enough to be a writer. Yes, ignorance about what publishing means, about what a book is, about what it means to write and publish it. Ignorance on certain topics is not bad, Special Data each of us is ignorant in our own way, but it is bad to exploit that ignorance for our own purposes. Wild self-publishing It is not true that everyone can be a writer, otherwise everyone can be a painter, musician, sculptor, singer and so on. If we let that message pass, the masses will really believe that it is possible and the results will then be seen. Self-publishing does not have a good reputation, most readers trust publishing houses with their eyes closed and look at self-published authors with distrust.
If those sites imposed editing and, before editing, made a selection on what to publish and what not, they would become publishing houses and then goodbye to the dream "everyone can be a writer". Goodbye to the slogan. And to earnings. They can't change strategy. A rapidly spreading problem Do you know what I think is the real problem with wild self-publishing? It is not the sites that offer false promises nor those who persist in wanting to publish by force. No, in my opinion the biggest problem is the fast distribution of the ebook that exists today. Now I'll tell you a story. When I was a child, a neighbor wrote a book of poems and had it printed by a printer. Then she gave us a taste of her poetic delicacies and my sisters, hearing her recite those verses of hers, showed her with the innocent but frank manner of her tender age some of those poems of hers printed in a volume of I Fifteen . Yes, he had copied them. Not all, but a little. And she admitted it, but what else could she have done? Two creatures discover you, you can't help but laugh and admit the genius.
