tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post8233603795335337428..comments2023-07-01T07:31:28.450-06:00Comments on LDS Publisher: Posting Your Book on the InternetLDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-9307582486119657402007-02-27T12:49:00.000-07:002007-02-27T12:49:00.000-07:00I have to agree with LDSP in that how could you po...I have to agree with LDSP in that how could you possibly know that any feedback you receive is worth anything? I want to know that any critique I get is from someone who knows what they're talking about, or at least whose opinion I trust. I'm not going to read through a slam "It stinks" from someone I have never met and probably don't even get to know their real name!<BR/><BR/>Another peeve I have is that I have seen several sites where the "authors" aren't really interested in feedback - unless it's "oh you're ssooooo good". That, to me, is a pointless waste of time.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, but I'll be keeping my writing off the net and on the page.W.L.Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211070770067490913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-38799510459540333912007-02-27T01:06:00.000-07:002007-02-27T01:06:00.000-07:00As for the comments and constructive feedback -- i...As for the comments and constructive feedback -- in many cases, you also don't know how the author will respond to corrections. I hope that everybody who posts on a site like that would be professional enough to graciously accept constructive criticism and not get hot and huffy about corrections. (I've seen this happen on fan fiction sites, though admittedly, many fanfic authors concentrate more on sharing their fan fantasies than becoming a published author.) On the other hand, maybe readers could offer to contact the author privately if they have more than one or two general nitpicks.<BR/><BR/>Melanie GoldmundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-74624976830157970682007-02-27T01:03:00.000-07:002007-02-27T01:03:00.000-07:00Publishers forget why we write. The business of wr...Publishers forget why we write. The business of writing is for middlemen (and women). They do the math in the arithmetic of sharing stories, but they don't create narratives, they don't invent the plots, they don't suck the marrow from the bones of a fictional corpose and give it life on the pages of a novel. Publishers are consumed by the bottom line of the story-telling business, but it is the author who knows that the business of story-telling is the sharing of a creation with the reader. That is magic of what we do and somewhere in the long grind of putting out books year after year amnesia set in. Take away all the glitter of marketing, jetison the sales department projections, toss out the promotionals, be rid of the retail shelf space battles, the access to distribution lines, and the corporate boardrooms. And what do you have left? An author writing for a reader. You middlemen publishers are scary people. You're once removed form the real business of story-telling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-36488037544519807972007-02-27T00:23:00.000-07:002007-02-27T00:23:00.000-07:00I'm assuming that your discussion is about www.ctr...I'm assuming that your discussion is about www.ctrstories.com established by Dave and Joe Free. Its a terrific site for authors to get feedback. And if something is really, really good and a portion of it has been posted on the internet, a good publisher like yourself would be goofy not to pick it up, publish it and then ask what else they have. If Harry Potter's first three chapters were posted on www.ctrstories.com you certainly wouldn't tel the author to find something less apealing to the reading public. And anyone who steals your stuff does so at the peril of their own demise. Its a terrific site. LDS authors should start sharing some of their stuff, get feedback from each other and enjoy the ride. Go ctrstories.com!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-18304084832003736612007-02-26T19:12:00.000-07:002007-02-26T19:12:00.000-07:00Since this is a free site, there are no rights bei...Since this is a free site, there are no rights being sold. Some sites like this charge a small fee and purchase "first rights" or "Internet rights". Neither of these necessarily interfere with publishing in the traditional way. <BR/><BR/>The biggest problem is that of protecting the content from the unscrupulous. And from those that just don't have a clue about copyright. (I helped someone self-publish a book and they told me that another person in their industry lifted multiple pages of text straight from his book and published it in his own book without permission and with no indication of the original source. He (the "stealer") clearly did not know what he was doing as he proudly told the original author what he'd done, thinking it was a good thing.)<BR/><BR/>The one good thing about sites like these is if you're good, and you mention the site in a query, and I go read it and like it, I'll probably ask you what else you have that hasn't been posted on the Internet.LDS_Publisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-76365376906530676742007-02-26T16:32:00.000-07:002007-02-26T16:32:00.000-07:00What about rights? Once it's posted on the interen...What about rights? Once it's posted on the interent, isn't it considered "published"? Would a publisher consider publishing a book that was already "out there" for the world to view?<BR/><BR/>When you sell magazine stories/articles you sell certain rights, wouldn't this prevent people from selling their stories after posting them at this site?<BR/><BR/>I'd also worry about someone stealing a story and passing it off as his/her own.<BR/><BR/>I see this site as a place to post stories not intended for other publication.<BR/><BR/>Just my thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com