Comments on: Conversations with the (not) Bookless: John Weagly http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-john-weagly/ Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Comic Books, Horror Book, Television, Movie Reviews, Author Interviews Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Brazill http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-john-weagly/#comment-2404 Paul Brazill Wed, 20 May 2009 20:32:21 +0000 http://www.bookspotcentral.com/?p=16745#comment-2404 And what a story it is! And what a story it is!

]]> By: John Weagly http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-john-weagly/#comment-2280 John Weagly Mon, 11 May 2009 17:58:51 +0000 http://www.bookspotcentral.com/?p=16745#comment-2280 I DO have a story coming up in BEAT TO A PULP! I believe the story was accepted after I did the interview. I DO have a story coming up in BEAT TO A PULP! I believe the story was accepted after I did the interview.

]]> By: Paul Brazill http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-john-weagly/#comment-2279 Paul Brazill Mon, 11 May 2009 17:23:42 +0000 http://www.bookspotcentral.com/?p=16745#comment-2279 Mr Weagley is one off. Hasn't he got a story coming up in BTAP? Mr Weagley is one off. Hasn’t he got a story coming up in BTAP?

]]> By: Henry http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-john-weagly/#comment-2219 Henry Sat, 09 May 2009 00:50:09 +0000 http://www.bookspotcentral.com/?p=16745#comment-2219 Yeah, got to disagree with the self-publishing argument. I've published traditionally with good places and self-published. I don't think I'm a literary criminal. Are people inviting friends to their band's show ruining music? No. Man, self-publishing gets such a bad rap. I think "Twilight" is doing more to ruin people's interest in interesting fiction for adults than self-publishing is hurting the cause of literature. Yeah, got to disagree with the self-publishing argument. I’ve published traditionally with good places and self-published. I don’t think I’m a literary criminal. Are people inviting friends to their band’s show ruining music? No. Man, self-publishing gets such a bad rap. I think “Twilight” is doing more to ruin people’s interest in interesting fiction for adults than self-publishing is hurting the cause of literature.

]]> By: Maria http://www.boomtron.com/2009/05/conversations-with-the-not-bookless-john-weagly/#comment-2215 Maria Fri, 08 May 2009 19:05:57 +0000 http://www.bookspotcentral.com/?p=16745#comment-2215 Hmm. I'd have to disagree with him on community theater. There's a time and place for it. In the small town where I grew up and in the small down where my brother lives and has participated in community theatre...it isn't a matter of choosing between community and "bigger and better." Community theatre is ALL you get and all most people can afford. Some plays are better than others. Some may leave a bad taste...but ultimately, it is sold to a group of people that aren't going to travel much. They won't go out of their way to go to the theatre even if they do travel. If they want theatre or experience it at all, community theatre is it. Theatre isn't going to come to them. The same isn't true for self-publishing because books can be shipped. You can get just about any book you want, brought to YOU. Books (self-pubbed or not) range in cost--you can buy an excellent, wonderful, stupendous novel for 8 bucks. You can buy a very bad, boring, poorly written one for 15. Or 8. But all of them can come direct to you. You can, by and large, decide what you will pay. You can also borrow them from the library and try them out (you really can't go to Broadway, walk up to the counter and say, "I'll pay--IF I like it. Let me watch the first 15 minutes.) Self-publishing probably isn't a great idea for most authors, but I don't think it hurts good books, nor does it dilute the pool or take money from other books in any large manner. It probably hurts good self-published books because there are those of us that are going to be ultra-picky when looking at a self-pubbed book. And we may not buy it because it is self-pubbed. But I wouldn't not go to a theatre performance just because it was small and local. I don't think it dilutes those that do or don't go to larger theatre. In fact, due to cost, I'll go to community theatre. But I'll simply do without when it comes to larger, more expensive venues. Hmm. I’d have to disagree with him on community theater. There’s a time and place for it. In the small town where I grew up and in the small down where my brother lives and has participated in community theatre…it isn’t a matter of choosing between community and “bigger and better.” Community theatre is ALL you get and all most people can afford. Some plays are better than others. Some may leave a bad taste…but ultimately, it is sold to a group of people that aren’t going to travel much. They won’t go out of their way to go to the theatre even if they do travel. If they want theatre or experience it at all, community theatre is it. Theatre isn’t going to come to them.

The same isn’t true for self-publishing because books can be shipped. You can get just about any book you want, brought to YOU.
Books (self-pubbed or not) range in cost–you can buy an excellent, wonderful, stupendous novel for 8 bucks. You can buy a very bad, boring, poorly written one for 15. Or 8. But all of them can come direct to you. You can, by and large, decide what you will pay. You can also borrow them from the library and try them out (you really can’t go to Broadway, walk up to the counter and say, “I’ll pay–IF I like it. Let me watch the first 15 minutes.)

Self-publishing probably isn’t a great idea for most authors, but I don’t think it hurts good books, nor does it dilute the pool or take money from other books in any large manner. It probably hurts good self-published books because there are those of us that are going to be ultra-picky when looking at a self-pubbed book. And we may not buy it because it is self-pubbed.

But I wouldn’t not go to a theatre performance just because it was small and local. I don’t think it dilutes those that do or don’t go to larger theatre. In fact, due to cost, I’ll go to community theatre. But I’ll simply do without when it comes to larger, more expensive venues.

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