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Dwight L. MacPherson · by **Dwight L. MacPherson** on Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:10 pm

MonicaRondino wrote:I read today your blog and in two words I agree with everything,great art with interagents(and great writer),wonderful idea the way you decided to act with your children,and about old things...old stuff are always better even if sometimes I ask how I could see them.

Thanks, Monica! I'm glad you enjoy my insane ranting.

brucebrown · by **brucebrown** on Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:48 pm

read through your blog and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Love the pic of your kids reading on the couch!
Granted, mine use it as a trampoline, so it is refreshing to
see kids use it correctly! HA!

Dwight L. MacPherson · by **Dwight L. MacPherson** on Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:34 am

brucebrown wrote:read through your blog and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Love the pic of your kids reading on the couch!
Granted, mine use it as a trampoline, so it is refreshing to
see kids use it correctly! HA!

HA! They're USUALLY using it as a trampoline.

Thanks for reading, bro!

JVonGrimm · by **JVonGrimm** on Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:33 am

Dwight L. MacPherson wrote:
Aurora Borealis wrote:I read that article. It makes ka-blam/indyplanet route look better and better all the time (especially for me with my still quite amateurish skills but also the deep urge to create my stuff and see it in print regardless if I sell a lot or just 10 copies).

Glad to see more stuff is on the way

The article also doesn't take into account the "hidden charges" some publishers have. There's one publisher that charges an exorbitant fee just to put their logo on your book! In this case, that fee has increased by over 200% in the past 10 years, while sales have declined about the same percentage. I'm all for publishers making their money back, but at what point does it become highway robbery?

are you shitting me? that's ridiculous. aren't creators strapped for money enough without companies charging them as well?

JVonGrimm · by **JVonGrimm** on Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:49 am

oh, and your blog photo makes you look like Eddie Izzard.

Dwight L. MacPherson · by **Dwight L. MacPherson** on Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:01 pm

JVonGrimm wrote:
are you shitting me? that's ridiculous. aren't creators strapped for money enough without companies charging them as well?

I WISH it wasn't the truth, but it is. It's next to impossible to make money from creator-owned books.

Eddie Izzard, eh? I'll take that.

JVonGrimm · by **JVonGrimm** on Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:29 pm

I knew the regular business model was flawed, but I didn't know it could get that bad that you would have to pay a publisher. that's insane.

Dwight L. MacPherson · by **Dwight L. MacPherson** on Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:38 pm

JVonGrimm wrote:I knew the regular business model was flawed, but I didn't know it could get that bad that you would have to pay a publisher. that's insane.

That's why I'm going a different route.

JVonGrimm · by **JVonGrimm** on Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:48 am

yeah, I'm staying away from Diamond for the same reasons. it just seems to me that they're not an effective route for small publishers.

Dwight L. MacPherson · by **Dwight L. MacPherson** on Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:50 am

JVonGrimm wrote:yeah, I'm staying away from Diamond for the same reasons. it just seems to me that they're not an effective route for small publishers.

For trades, it's the way to go. But yeah... for small press publishers, it's tough.

JVonGrimm · by **JVonGrimm** on Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:56 am

Chimaera's business model intrigues me. seems pretty forward looking and not mired in the old publishing methods that most companies still seem enamored with.

Dwight L. MacPherson · by **Dwight L. MacPherson** on Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:59 am

JVonGrimm wrote:Chimaera's business model intrigues me. seems pretty forward looking and not mired in the old publishing methods that most companies still seem enamored with.

Yeah, man. It's like I said on my blog: the digital exodus has begun. Marvel and DC realize it, but nobody else will realize till the bombshells land in their backyards.

I dunno. Maybe they think that if they ignore it it'll go away?

JVonGrimm · by **JVonGrimm** on Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:54 am

I think they just don't yet realize the upside potential. it's kinda funny how this has parallels to the recording industry and their failure to capitolize on the very same thing.

Dwight L. MacPherson · by **Dwight L. MacPherson** on Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:41 pm

JVonGrimm wrote:I think they just don't yet realize the upside potential. it's kinda funny how this has parallels to the recording industry and their failure to capitolize on the very same thing.

I agree, man. Publishers should take note of the current recording industry.

I've fallen behind on my blog. Just not enough time in the day to do everything.

JVonGrimm · by **JVonGrimm** on Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:26 am

catching up. . .keenspot looks interesting. let me know what you find out about them.

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