Talisman Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) Borders needs to keep going though.. I have just heard that there has been a management buy out headed by Chief Exec Philip Downer - I don't think they are out of the woods yet though, as they are still Edited July 16, 2009 by Talisman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I thought there had already been some advertising in books. I'm sure I read an article a few years ago where an author's main character drove (for example) a Ford Fiesta, and the book had been sponsored by Ford? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I thought there had already been some advertising in books. I'm sure I read an article a few years ago where an author's main character drove (for example) a Ford Fiesta, and the book had been sponsored by Ford? It guess it depends on the genre and the subject matter - I am not sure what sort of advertising my own book might attract - the mind boggles ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 That's true. And it happens in cinema all the time, especially with cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronwen Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Man, I need a job lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I wonder whether if I do a Douglas Adams and expand on the laptop brand(s) I am employing to write my masterpiece Asus/HP would give me money and/or freebies... it's a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I would love to write a book, but I think being an author is a really hard job. I would like to have my career, then when life settles down and there is time I would like to write. . .BUT knowing me I will probably put it off like I do everything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Only if you tell yourself that Adam. I put it off for years as well, but once I started to write found I couldn't stop. If you really want to do it, then you will find the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probooklover Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 the death of the advance is something that hit the music business a few years back. it looks as if books will continue to follow the music model (think of the current 1st gen ebook readers as the bookish equivalent of an ipod) so next up will be an explosion in illegal swapping/sharing of books, accompanied by some kind of 'myspace for words' where amateurs can self-publish for attention rather than money. the handful of top-tier artists will shrink (and make bigger sums of money than ever before for themselves and their publishers. Oh, hi JK!), while the number of amateur/semi-professionals producing great stuff while making no money will increase. For consumers, it's tremendously exciting (who doesn't have an mp3 player nowadays???). For mid-level professionals, time to think about revenue. As recorded music crashed, the industry propped itself up with merchandising and live events - perhaps publishing will do something similar. Sounds very doom and gloom but for those ready to avoid Big Music's mistakes and embrace the new media, there are exciting opportunities, i think. Personally, i think micro-payments and mobile phones will combine to create new text formats. Howsabout a 10p/chapter neverending text novel that's updated daily? Would you pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Personally, i think micro-payments and mobile phones will combine to create new text formats. Howsabout a 10p/chapter neverending text novel that's updated daily? Dear heaven, no. I hope things never come to that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probooklover Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Dear heaven, no. I hope things never come to that... why not? weren't some of dickens novels first published as serials? what's the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlette Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 why not? weren't some of dickens novels first published as serials? what's the difference? The difference is that a mobile phone "book", will never be a real book to me. Furthermore, I don't think one can compare Dickens to what will inevitably end up as being nothing more than a fad - if it does happen. I don't think anything good can come from something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccles Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Write what is in your mind and write about what you know I have been writing short stories for magazines for years but at between Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Only if you tell yourself that Adam. I put it off for years as well, but once I started to write found I couldn't stop. If you really want to do it, then you will find the time. That is good advice. I think my heart right now is trying to accomplish my goal of becoming an RCMP officer, but if I can accomplish that then I would love to write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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