Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Global Hype Kills Readers
AMAZING. Every second book in the shop is described as a world bestseller. And in your public library your fishing fingers always seem to find an author labelled as a literary genius.
Not since the papyrus crop failed the pharaohs has there been such a big dilemma. Its personal, its a plague, its a downright shame. The world is losing readers.
Because the hype brings disappointment, and that discourages further trust in authors one has not read before.
The writers who can shoot your mind into swift escape from the woes of work, family and world have become rarer than rubies. They do exist, yet cant be found, and therefore many a lifetime reader quits, and just turns on the telly.
Bookstores and my local library stock books by the ton, not by content. Theyve no choice, because world publishing is now a commodity market.
Fast sellers dominate, pushed by big publicity. And that means the value of a book, for them, lies with marketeers.
The Marketing Manager outranks an Editor, because the Chief Accountant (who outranks everybody) is hungry for profit.
When it is too late, those giants who grip the book trade will find that readers, consistently disappointed, have gone.
Personally, Im hanging on, desperate yet still hopeful. After all, the human species has never been without great stories and wondrous wordsmiths.
In the bleak bookshelf jungles, Ive sometimes stumbled on a hidden gem. Theyre hard to find, and only luck prevails.
They lurk unheralded at the rear of the shop or squeezed among translations, quirks and doorstops in my local library.
Theyre getting scarcer, because even dedicated publishers, the torchbearers of reading, have to survive nowadays by reprinting classics or churning out genre dross. Or, yes, urgh, risking one of those low-cost translations of a book that wowed the tent dwellers of Outer Darkest Mongolia.
To explore the jungle theres always the Amazon, and I probe its upper reaches exhaustively. Despite the postage cost, it has allowed me to keep faith in good reads.
A literary gem, said Bookpress online about Wee Charlies World, and its only at www.amazon.co.uk where the humour and nostalgia of Bryce McBryce gusts fresh. Its delightful adult fiction from one of those small publishers who lighten the globes reading gloom, danpress@optusnet.com.au
Maybe youve discovered a goodie too. Please tell me about it. Happy reading from cathy.macleod@optusnet.com.au
Readers can find more good stories and recommended reads at Cathys website, http://www.booktaste.com
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Not since the papyrus crop failed the pharaohs has there been such a big dilemma. Its personal, its a plague, its a downright shame. The world is losing readers.
Because the hype brings disappointment, and that discourages further trust in authors one has not read before.
The writers who can shoot your mind into swift escape from the woes of work, family and world have become rarer than rubies. They do exist, yet cant be found, and therefore many a lifetime reader quits, and just turns on the telly.
Bookstores and my local library stock books by the ton, not by content. Theyve no choice, because world publishing is now a commodity market.
Fast sellers dominate, pushed by big publicity. And that means the value of a book, for them, lies with marketeers.
The Marketing Manager outranks an Editor, because the Chief Accountant (who outranks everybody) is hungry for profit.
When it is too late, those giants who grip the book trade will find that readers, consistently disappointed, have gone.
Personally, Im hanging on, desperate yet still hopeful. After all, the human species has never been without great stories and wondrous wordsmiths.
In the bleak bookshelf jungles, Ive sometimes stumbled on a hidden gem. Theyre hard to find, and only luck prevails.
They lurk unheralded at the rear of the shop or squeezed among translations, quirks and doorstops in my local library.
Theyre getting scarcer, because even dedicated publishers, the torchbearers of reading, have to survive nowadays by reprinting classics or churning out genre dross. Or, yes, urgh, risking one of those low-cost translations of a book that wowed the tent dwellers of Outer Darkest Mongolia.
To explore the jungle theres always the Amazon, and I probe its upper reaches exhaustively. Despite the postage cost, it has allowed me to keep faith in good reads.
A literary gem, said Bookpress online about Wee Charlies World, and its only at www.amazon.co.uk where the humour and nostalgia of Bryce McBryce gusts fresh. Its delightful adult fiction from one of those small publishers who lighten the globes reading gloom, danpress@optusnet.com.au
Maybe youve discovered a goodie too. Please tell me about it. Happy reading from cathy.macleod@optusnet.com.au
Readers can find more good stories and recommended reads at Cathys website, http://www.booktaste.com
Cathy Macleod limits her fiction reviews to books by smallpress publishers or self-published authors. Find her at http://www.booktaste.com or email cathy.macleod@optusnet.com.auCar Carpet Clean
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Aurora Football League Youth
Atlas Historical Mythology World
Insurance Medical Short Temporary Term
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100 Bernardino California Hike In Mountain San Southern Trail
Hikers Teen
Brunswick Monarch Pool Table
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Depression
North Country Community Health Center
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Curve Fitness Canada
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Telephone Directory Illinois
Band High Independence School
Newcomb College Pottery
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Fishnet Shirt
College Fight Hockey
Hot Chocolate Recipe For Gift
Mrp Chainguides
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Christmas T Shirt Tropical
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Major Depression With Psychosis
Discover Card Merchant
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Halil Altintop
Ap European History Review
1001 Fat Low Recipe Vegetarian
Bowls Crystal Singing Wholesale
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// posted by bluesea90264 @ 11:31 PM 
