Comments on: Cover to Cover #399A: F. Paul Wilson http://www.dragonpage.com/2010/03/09/cover-to-cover-399a/ 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: Tony Dyer http://www.dragonpage.com/2010/03/09/cover-to-cover-399a/comment-page-1/#comment-743203 Tony Dyer Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:50:43 +0000 http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=2926#comment-743203 If conventional publishers' days are numbered they are not going to be replaced be freelance authors because traditional publishers don't just transport dead trees about but usually do a degree of quality checking through the slush pile, copy and proof edit their publications and check the end product for conformance to some standard. So we trust them and their products. They and the bookshops and online shops also provide us with a centralised place to search for the type of book we currently are looking for. The current system offers a high level of convenience. On the alternate front podiobooks.com in its small way offers that type of convenience but there's no alternate system being put in place. Given that writer such as Michael Stackpole have been squeezed out of the midlist and are looking for high quality and volume outlets for their work, what could you or someone else with the savvy offer to writers and readers a system that addresses your view of technological developments that would ensure some level of quality and convenience and control to the writers of the content. If conventional publishers’ days are numbered they are not going to be replaced be freelance authors because traditional publishers don’t just transport dead trees about but usually do a degree of quality checking through the slush pile, copy and proof edit their publications and check the end product for conformance to some standard. So we trust them and their products. They and the bookshops and online shops also provide us with a centralised place to search for the type of book we currently are looking for. The current system offers a high level of convenience.
On the alternate front podiobooks.com in its small way offers that type of convenience but there’s no alternate system being put in place. Given that writer such as Michael Stackpole have been squeezed out of the midlist and are looking for high quality and volume outlets for their work, what could you or someone else with the savvy offer to writers and readers a system that addresses your view of technological developments that would ensure some level of quality and convenience and control to the writers of the content.

]]> By: SF Signal http://www.dragonpage.com/2010/03/09/cover-to-cover-399a/comment-page-1/#comment-743121 SF Signal Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:33:51 +0000 http://www.dragonpage.com/?p=2926#comment-743121 <strong>SF Tidbits for 3/16/10...</strong> Interviews/ProfilesNew Zealand Radio interviews Neil Gaiman. (via Aurealis Xpress)Blood and Stardust interviews Nicholas Kaufmann.The Dragon Page interviews F. Paul Wilson.Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews director Alexandre Philippe.Ghost... SF Tidbits for 3/16/10…

Interviews/ProfilesNew Zealand Radio interviews Neil Gaiman. (via Aurealis Xpress)Blood and Stardust interviews Nicholas Kaufmann.The Dragon Page interviews F. Paul Wilson.Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews director Alexandre Philippe.Ghost…

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