Asking for exceptions for book publishers in the name of Culture is like asking for exceptions for high furnaces in the name of Chillida.
sábado, 27 de diciembre de 2014
Innovation
Well, we already knew big publishers were not fans of R&D. They don't seem to be able to nurture brands, either.
Or listening. While everyone (outside of publishing) and their dog told them to man up and start working like a business, we had all that "special snowflakes" discourse for most of 2014, and its bookbombs (Hillary Clinton's, a couple of media primes...).
But let's looks at art, let's do compare them to art. Pretty please. Cinema. Truffaut, Spencer Tracy, Kieślowski... Also, The Avengers, Marvel. A series of interconnected movies in a franchise that's about to become the highest grossing ever (currently only behind Potter... which has nothing in the pipeline). Of successes like Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy [*]. A success 10 years in development, not yet finished.
But, no... Protection!
[*] BTW, nice story of perseverance, there.
So... closing a circle?
KDP exclusivity was a big item not so long ago. I sort of ranted about it, and it became the original push for this blog, now a tad cold.
Looks like I wasn't all that off...
Take care