Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:08:50 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
On 15/07/14 00:20, Andrew Pam wrote:
Though I agree that the Authors Guild is behind the times and not
representing their authors's best interests, the motives imputed to them
by the Techdirt article are unfair and untrue.
The first question you need to ask to understand Authors Guild is what
is the predominant age of its members? Most of them are older people who
only understand the old model. Second, people in the US are desperate to
make money, any money, to get by. They would also like to get by without
being forced into slave labour. The new system does not appear to offer
much hope in the way of pay cheques. Finally, the US is a country
obsessed by status, fame, and fortune. The old system clearly seems to
offer that possibility, the new system does not.
Peace,
Katherine
<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140515/17372427246/non-luddite-alternative-to-authors-guild-launching.shtml>
Though I agree that the Authors Guild is behind the times and not
representing their authors's best interests, the motives imputed to them
by the Techdirt article are unfair and untrue.
The first question you need to ask to understand Authors Guild is what
is the predominant age of its members? Most of them are older people who
only understand the old model. Second, people in the US are desperate to
make money, any money, to get by. They would also like to get by without
being forced into slave labour. The new system does not appear to offer
much hope in the way of pay cheques. Finally, the US is a country
obsessed by status, fame, and fortune. The old system clearly seems to
offer that possibility, the new system does not.
Peace,
Katherine
Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:14:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
On 15/07/14 08:08, Katherine Phelps wrote:
Indeed - in fact a recent study has shown that the average income of authors
has continued to fall catastrophically.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/08/authors-incomes-collapse-alcs-survey
This study suggests that authors (particularly genre fiction authors) should
seriously consider self-publishing, though:
http://authorearnings.com/the-report/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
—
Andrew Pam
Partner, Glass Wings http://glasswings.com.au/
The first question you need to ask to understand Authors Guild is
what is the predominant age of its members? Most of them are older
people who only understand the old model. Second, people in the US
are desperate to make money, any money, to get by. They would also
like to get by without being forced into slave labour. The new system
does not appear to offer much hope in the way of pay cheques.
Finally, the US is a country obsessed by status, fame, and fortune.
The old system clearly seems to offer that possibility, the new
system does not.
Indeed - in fact a recent study has shown that the average income of authors
has continued to fall catastrophically.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/08/authors-incomes-collapse-alcs-survey
This study suggests that authors (particularly genre fiction authors) should
seriously consider self-publishing, though:
http://authorearnings.com/the-report/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
—
Andrew Pam
Partner, Glass Wings http://glasswings.com.au/
