Smack Down?

Okay, I know I promised to blog about ereaders some more. And I will. But right now, if you are a writer, there is something you should check out.

First, go to the blog “Pimp My Novel” and read yesterday’s blog which asked “What would you change about Publishing?” Wow. Some opinions. Some people have some great ideas, like the royalty rate for authors shifting to a higher percentage after the book has hit a certain number of sales and the cost of the book’s production has been covered. I like that idea. And then there are some folks where you can just tell that they have been burned by the industry and their blood has turned to boiling acid. Yikes!

Have you read the blog’s comments? You don’t have to read them all, just enough to get the gist of where things are heading. Now, pop over to a literary agent, Michelle Wolfson of Wolfson Literary. Read her take on the blog by popping over to her page on Twitter. (You are looking for the posts with the hashtag like so: #annoying. They were posted around noon today, Eastern time.) There are parts Wolfson agrees with (like the book return policy) and there are parts that she doesn’t. These days it’s got to be tough being an agent. Not only are authors being starved out by publishers and their new tighten-our-belts royalties scheme, but agents are as well. And publishers need agents and they need authors, so what the heck? (That’s a whole ‘nother kettle of fish though!)