Comments on: Cover to Cover #379A: Tom Lloyd http://www.dragonpage.com/2009/10/26/cover-to-cover-379a/ Conversations with the Creators of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Thrillers! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Greg http://www.dragonpage.com/2009/10/26/cover-to-cover-379a/comment-page-1/#comment-741473 Greg Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:07:03 +0000 http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=2863#comment-741473 First of I would like to thank you for your podcast. I will probably be one of the first to say this but I happen to like the writing of Cory Doctorow and though I am looking forward to his new project and seeing how the sales are on it. I don't think that it will solve much when it comes to the question wether giving away your stories leads to greater sales. Mr Doctorow is an established writer and has a following already so his numbers will tend towards more sales then not. I do think that there are better indications of the power of giving your work away in the other that you mention in Sigler, Hutchins, and Lafferty a list to which you could add Harwood and Melzer .... I do see it as a viable way to gain a fandom that will be more likely to purchase but even that is yet to be seen in the cases above... Personally I would like to see an more relative unknown do it now to see if their voice will even be noticed in the amount of content that is now out there - If I had content to market I would do it but Hell I can't even get traffic to me blog.... Again thanks for the thoughts about Cory - I had not read the PW article and I don't think his "experiment" is a valid one but will watch it... First of I would like to thank you for your podcast. I will probably be one of the first to say this but I happen to like the writing of Cory Doctorow and though I am looking forward to his new project and seeing how the sales are on it. I don’t think that it will solve much when it comes to the question wether giving away your stories leads to greater sales. Mr Doctorow is an established writer and has a following already so his numbers will tend towards more sales then not.
I do think that there are better indications of the power of giving your work away in the other that you mention in Sigler, Hutchins, and Lafferty a list to which you could add Harwood and Melzer ….
I do see it as a viable way to gain a fandom that will be more likely to purchase but even that is yet to be seen in the cases above… Personally I would like to see an more relative unknown do it now to see if their voice will even be noticed in the amount of content that is now out there – If I had content to market I would do it but Hell I can’t even get traffic to me blog….

Again thanks for the thoughts about Cory – I had not read the PW article and I don’t think his “experiment” is a valid one but will watch it…

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