There is a fantasy author I like who got dropped by his publisher. He self-publishes on Amazon, but also uses Kickstarter to raise money. When he raises enough (usually about $5000) he will write the novel. Contributors get an electronic or hard copy depending on the size of the donation. This kind of Web patronage may become more common.
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> 'Comes to the fore' in the way I meant it is not about commercial success >> but about recognition. Some of the works that are now recognised as among >> the best in their field were never commercial successes. What they >> benefitted from was publication by people and organisations who did not >> expect to turn a profit on everything, but who used the commercially >> successful to subsidise the good, when they did not coincidence, and >> exposure to people who were in a position to promote the stuff on the >> grounds of its quality. >> >> With the democratisation of publishing, the difficulty that writers and >> photographers will have is to find a way of getting the right exposure to >> the right people. People are not going to look at a great many places in >> search of good work, so the outlets will coalesce around a few sites for >> each audience - there will be a huge proliferation of overlapping audiences >> - and somebody will curate each site. > > When "everyone is an artist", everyone is also a part time curator. > Nobody has the time or patience to do a thorough and skilled job of > it, so we skim and burn our eyes on a lot of toxic sludge. > > But there are examples of non-profit curated sources with some skill > and class that are attracting increased attention. Not to everyone's > taste, but http://thisisnthappiness.com/ is one of my consistent > faves. The Tumblr site encourages amateur curating, and some folks > exhibit excellent taste there. > > Perhaps we'll be saved by self-financed patrons and philanthropists. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
