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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
arthur-chu.com
Joined August 2009

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    1. Hoydenne‏ @iridienne 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @Cybren @phyphor and

      I mean. It's a dirty word but gatekeeping absolutely serves a legitimate purpose, and it's one major reason why trad-pub is still better FOR MOST AUTHORS than self-pub.

      3 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
    2. Random832‏ @Random832 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @iridienne @Cybren and

      Er, what? That's only "most authors" if you don't count the ones who don't get deals, isn't it?

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Hoydenne‏ @iridienne 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @Random832 @Cybren and

      Let me rephrase: "If you, as an author, are able to get your work trad-pubbed, you personally are almost certainly going to be better off going that route than self-pubbing the same work."

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    4. Hoydenne‏ @iridienne 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @iridienne @Random832 and

      The vast majority of the people who are making any kind of a living from writing are still doing so through the trad-pub apparatus, and there are good reasons for that which are NOT copyright-related.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. phyphor‏ @phyphor 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @iridienne @Random832 and

      I don't believe that copyright was part of the discussion about funding models for artists.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @phyphor @iridienne and

      Well I mean, yeah, self-publishers are in fact way way more dependent on copyright, all things considered, than trad publishers

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @phyphor and

      Like, you don't have the advantage that it's easier to find your book on bookstore shelves or in a legit rec list on a legit website No one can find your book *at all*, except by chance

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @phyphor and

      And the people who do stumble on your book's title by chance ("Arthur Chu said he read this book and really liked it! He has 40k followers!") are way, way more likely to do a quick Google and look to see if it's available for free to "check it out" After all, you're nobody

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @phyphor and

      The inspiring ending to this story is that your book is in fact available for free but it's SO GOOD that it goes viral nationally, you became famous, and it makes millions of dollars This is not going to happen

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @phyphor and

      The only sales you are EVER going to get is that brief week of maybe fifty or sixty people "checking out" your book, and whether you make ANY money from this is entirely dependent on whether they can find the free version within a few minutes of Googling or not

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @phyphor and

      And, yes, probably less than half of those fifty or sixty will actually pony up ten bucks for your book when they find out it happens not to be easily accessible for free But that's the actual money you get in your pocket, that's your revenue stream

      10:32 PM - 12 Jun 2020
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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @phyphor and

          Your *fans* are going to be a much smaller percentage of that percentage, maybe one or two people who email you all "Wow that WAS good!" That's ugly and it's harsh but it's true

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 12 Jun 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @phyphor and

          And this dynamic doesn't really change that much if you multiply the numbers by 10, 100 or 1000

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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