The predictions might have been embarrassingly wrong, but you might want to fix the title of this post. Thanks for revisiting the way the world looked ten years ago.
“Make growing audiences an act of art in and of itself” is a tremendously inspiring challenge for all of us, and a lovely thought to carry into 2023 with me. Thank you.
Thanks for this! The stats are eye-opening. Very interesting that books are getting longer, especially since every agent I encountered decreed, without ever looking at it, that my historical novel was too long at 150,000 words. Their reasoning was that bookstores and readers won't take a chance on longer books by debut authors. I can't imagine word count or an author's name recognition determining what I read.
Then again, I don't think they care much about reader preferences. You nailed it when you said: "The modern publishing philosophy is a mutation caused by ivory tower radiation, a belief that adaption to the way readers read is far from as important as making sure specific themes and messages are expressed in every book."
The predictions might have been embarrassingly wrong, but you might want to fix the title of this post. Thanks for revisiting the way the world looked ten years ago.
“Make growing audiences an act of art in and of itself” is a tremendously inspiring challenge for all of us, and a lovely thought to carry into 2023 with me. Thank you.
Thanks for this! The stats are eye-opening. Very interesting that books are getting longer, especially since every agent I encountered decreed, without ever looking at it, that my historical novel was too long at 150,000 words. Their reasoning was that bookstores and readers won't take a chance on longer books by debut authors. I can't imagine word count or an author's name recognition determining what I read.
Then again, I don't think they care much about reader preferences. You nailed it when you said: "The modern publishing philosophy is a mutation caused by ivory tower radiation, a belief that adaption to the way readers read is far from as important as making sure specific themes and messages are expressed in every book."
Happy New Year!