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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 31 Aug 2021

    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Amy Alkon

    On a tangent from the original thread: I think the internet has vastly increased the "size of the pie" for writers...but also removed all gates, allowing the population of writers to surge, lowering average rates for writers. Very much an "open borders" situation. 🤔https://twitter.com/amyalkon/status/1432638312804544515 …

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    Amy AlkonVerified account @amyalkon
    “Timberg’s cultural explorations continued after The Times laid him off amid budget cuts in 2008, and the Timberg family had to relinquish their home. Timberg began to question conventional wisdom about the internet boosting opportunities for writers, artists, musicians & others” https://twitter.com/stephenlemons/status/1432590481959972864 …
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      1. Rob McMillin  🇺🇦‏ @scareduck 31 Aug 2021
        Replying to @MorlockP

        All the while failing to attend to the chief problem that ad space is infinite. There is no business model.

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      1. An Keranih‏ @AnKerani 31 Aug 2021
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        The metric for fiscal success is now "does your work appeal to enough eyeballs" and not "does your work appeal to people in publishing". The second was an ok proxy for the first for quite some time, until it stopped being that. Also significant is that "enough" is self-defined.

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      2. Dedicating Ruckus‏ @ded_ruckus 31 Aug 2021
        Replying to @MorlockP

        seems like basically the dominant technique these days is to build up a dedicated fanbase through online interaction and then use crowdfunds/patreon/etc to supplement actual book sales

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 31 Aug 2021
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        works for me!

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      1. mark doppelgänger  🛰‏ @DoppelMark 31 Aug 2021
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        mark doppelgänger  🛰 Retweeted Laika  🇺🇦

        the loss of all gates can be quite striking at times:https://twitter.com/LaikaSobers/status/1431737716077641730 …

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        Laika  🇺🇦 @LaikaSobers
        Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for.... pic.twitter.com/VnLPZGKom7
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      1. liamtheobscure‏ @liamtheobscure 31 Aug 2021
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        Rather than impress the gatekeepers/editors a writer needs to impress the readers. Which is a lot harder.

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      2. krittr‏ @krittr 31 Aug 2021
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        But…an open borders situation without the perverse incentives of govt assistance present in our actual open border to the south. The Authors Guild online forum (mostly older, trad writers) has a seething cesspool of “woe is us” and hatred of indy writers. I’m always

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 31 Aug 2021
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        what sort of comments do they have about indy authors?

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