tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post8328403479163696448..comments2024-03-28T17:41:16.232-04:00Comments on alien romances: DoubleBlind by Ann AquirreRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-79279920435415458972009-11-06T13:06:46.505-05:002009-11-06T13:06:46.505-05:00Ozambersand:
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Reviews can ...Ozambersand:<br /><br />You wrote:<br />------------<br />Reviews can give them feedback, but why don't they break it down, and find out specifically. Was it the plot/ writing style/ setting/ characters/ etc.<br />---------<br /><br />I think the reason computer statistic gathering has not been applied with those questions to readers is that <br />a) readers don't KNOW why they like this or that; there's no consistency<br />b) readers don't want to know<br />c) readers shouldn't know because it'll spoil the enjoyment<br /><br />Jacqueline LichtenbergJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-39488896506180042842009-11-04T15:44:13.022-05:002009-11-04T15:44:13.022-05:00"At any rate, I would advise readers to get D..."At any rate, I would advise readers to get Doubleblind in the e-book or Kindle or Nook edition so you can adjust the print size to suit you. I found even the bulk of the text to be on the small side."<br /><br />This is one reason why ebooks will grow in popularity despite what the naysayers predict. I love the way I can program my laptop reading program to choose my own font style and size.<br /><br />Readability is important and a big turn off if the publisher gets it wrong.<br /><br />The question of publishers listening to the readers is reassuring. I hope they're not only listening to "what" they're saying, but also asking themselves "why" they're saying it.<br /><br />In Linnea's blog, a poster commented she was weary of reading stories where the protagnist was "world-weary".<br /><br />So the "why" in this case was relevant. This particular reader likes upbeat stories maybe because her life has enough problems already.<br /><br />Others like reading books where problems get solved, as it gives them hope about their own problems. Some like exotic locations because it's virtual travel. Others like to escape to the past or future because they are depressed by their inability to change things in their current world. <br /><br />Seeing epublishing has so many avenues open to it that the traditional form lacks, I'd like to see questionnaires on their sites with more searching options rather than the generic how did you rate this book eg great, poor, etc.<br /><br />Reviews can give them feedback, but why don't they break it down, and find out specifically. Was it the plot/ writing style/ setting/ characters/ etc.<br /><br />I'm not saying this feedback should then lead to "Category" type plot requirements, but the technology gives them a great advantage into getting into the mind of the readers, so they should utilise it.<br /><br />It would be a more exact science than the "If you bought this, you might like that." concept they have at the moment.ozambersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171187154978269102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-86580438290957034972009-11-03T16:07:49.497-05:002009-11-03T16:07:49.497-05:00Kimber An
EXCELLENT question and that's the s...Kimber An<br /><br />EXCELLENT question and that's the subject of a number of the news articles I've posted to my facebook page facebook.com/jacqueline.lichtenberg<br /><br />You should read the latest one and Jonathan Vos Post's comment.<br /><br />I've been following the meltdown of Publishing. <br /><br />There's an ATTITUDE that will soon give way, but what will the attitude that replaces it be? That point will be our opening with SFR. <br /><br />Read this article (which is the one I wanted to post to facebook, but the system insisted on the WRONG article -- but that was also relevant.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/nyregion/03bigcity.html?_r=1<br /><br />Look at the end of that article.<br /><br />It says:<br /><br />Everyone outgrows the scene eventually, but it was nice to know it was there. And, I would guess, even the most jaded among our ranks are not ready to say goodbye to all that.<br />----------<br /><br />Just pick up the TONE of the social group. Having been a member of that group for years, I can see how things have changed. <br /><br />The rate of change is accelerating.<br /><br />Follow my publishing contacts on Twitter where I'm collecting publishing and film making folks.<br /><br />Today publishers and editors have "official" twitter accounts.<br /><br />The savvy ones that will survive are indeed LISTENING as authors always have but editors and publishers never have. <br /><br />That's the point of my Web 2.0 posts. Connections that were one way are now become NETWORKS - editor-to-author and author-to-editor editor-to-author-to-reader reader-to-reader2 and reader2-to-author-to-editor<br /><br />PUBLISHERS are getting in the loop, but don't know how.<br /><br />They need a welcome.<br /><br />E-publishers (see my twitter followers list) have been in that loop all along. <br /><br />It is happening and it's happening today. Since it's so formless at the moment, our input can shape what comes out of all this.<br /><br />That's why this blog is here.<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />http://www.jacquelinelichtenberg.comJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-18891526795425549752009-11-03T15:50:27.685-05:002009-11-03T15:50:27.685-05:00"While I was writing this, Linnea Sinclair po..."While I was writing this, Linnea Sinclair posted a note on my previous blog entry here pointing out how commercial writers, genre fiction writers, must LISTEN to their readers."<br /><br />This hearkens back to your post on marketing through social media. So, what if an author does exactly what Linnea says, but the agent, editor, or whatever doesn't?Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.com