tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post111436611097680496..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: The blogging saga ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-83597119521538021272012-05-08T22:26:20.412-04:002012-05-08T22:26:20.412-04:00Hey there, You have done a fantastic job. I will c...Hey there, You have done a fantastic job. I will certainly digg it and personally suggest to my friends. I am confident they'll be benefited from this website.Arnold@Mesin Fotocopyhttp://www.no1-office.com/about-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-90452804471556556892012-05-08T04:38:25.341-04:002012-05-08T04:38:25.341-04:00It has taken me ages to discover your site. Finall...It has taken me ages to discover your site. Finally. This is just the information I was looking for.Rumah Dijual Jakartahttp://www.propertykita.com/rumah.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1129492502960432522005-10-16T15:55:00.000-04:002005-10-16T15:55:00.000-04:00I am someone who blogs and someone who reads. Tha...I am someone who blogs and someone who reads. Thanks for the post I enjoyed the read!Alida Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640849066159985893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1114660972498567252005-04-28T00:02:00.000-04:002005-04-28T00:02:00.000-04:00As a recently self published author of a novel ent...As a recently self published author of a novel entitled The Martyrs, I am keenly aware of the inability of the entrepreneurial writer to get recognition from the "gatekeepers" of the media, as you have euphemistically called the large publishing houses, NYC agents, major metropolitan newspaper and magazine book reviewers, etc.<BR/><BR/>Freedom of speech and freedom of the press becomes pretty meaningless when you CAN speak but nobody will hear you -- like if you're a liberal guest getting fried (bullied, told to shut up, intimidated, etc.) on FOX News -- or yes, you CAN publish, but nobody will stock your book, distribute your book, review your book or represent your book.<BR/><BR/>Even my local library system in Las Vegas, after I presented them with a book and a media kit, would have nothing to do with me -- because I hadn't gotten the nod from the gatekeepers, i.e., bonafide reviews in a respected National publication. <BR/><BR/>But with the internet, it's a different ballgame. About a year ago, when I began this self publishing junket, if you did a google search for my name, Tono Rondone, you'd have gotten one hit, and not even my own site.<BR/><BR/>Now, do the search and three pages of hits emerge. Why? Because I pretty much made those hits happen myself. I at least felt I had made one successful promotional effort. It hasn't garnered me any real money or recognition at large yet, but it's been the ONLY road so far I've made progress on. Sure I'm listed on Amazon dot com, but that in itself sells no books.<BR/><BR/>The Da Vinci Code model is an excellent case in point. I thought, if one more person asks me if I read Dan Brown's book I was gonna puke! The propaganda machine was extremely well oiled on that one -- better to sell a million of one book financially than a thousand of a thousand books. But what we're left with at the end is a very dull, homogeneous Wal Mart Nation.<BR/><BR/>So, see the documentary called "OutFoxed" about Murdoch's rape of American journalism, (even though I know about Frank's conservative leanings,) and check out my website www.piscesbooks.com. <BR/><BR/>Oh, BTW, due to blogging, I got my novel in the hands of a major book reviewer who's actually reading it! And I didn't even have to buy him a bagel.<BR/><BR/>Signed, <BR/><BR/>Shameless self promoter (to me, anybody with something to say in the arts that doesn't promote himself IS shameless -- and stupid.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1114450483275744512005-04-25T13:34:00.000-04:002005-04-25T13:34:00.000-04:00Well, Willis, Iasked for feedback and you have del...Well, Willis, Iasked for feedback and you have delivered! And immediately identified a key problem, the problem of distance. As old newsguys, though, we both know that it's the little guy who tends to be kept at a distance more than the big mahoffs. I was watching C-Span a few weeks ago and there was Juan Williams hobnobbing with Howard Dean. A few feet away was Alan Colmes . I'm sure their conservative counterparts can be seen hobnobbing with the Republicans. But none of them is about to take direct calls from Joe Reader.<BR/>I guess the point I was groping toward is that, yes, we do have to unlearn some old procedures and figure out some new ones, because technology is eliminating barriers. So we better learn how to get along with the people crowding around. <BR/>Admittedly, I'm a bit of a softie in this regard. Somebody spends hours, weeks, months writing a book, and no one who supposedly counts wants to even look at it. Something in me wants the people who write to have at least a chance of being read. After all, traditional publishing is responsible for The Da Vinci Code, one of the worst books I have ever had to read.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1114377613981986692005-04-24T17:20:00.000-04:002005-04-24T17:20:00.000-04:00Well, I've heard of Litblog Co-op now and have add...Well, I've heard of Litblog Co-op now and have added it to the blogroll at right. Thanks!<BR/>As for being Mrs. Miggins, I don't know! I hope that's a good thing.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1114377076632601582005-04-24T17:11:00.000-04:002005-04-24T17:11:00.000-04:00Does that make you Mrs. Miggins, Frank? (Blackadd...Does that make you Mrs. Miggins, Frank? (Blackadder reference for those who aren't complete Anglophiles like me.)Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.com