I'll agree with you on basically everything, and it's great that such great stories will have a future. Though it's also kind of sad that the wonderful finds like the vintage AIWL from your last post are going to be in shorter and shorter supply. If I want to read a book, I want to read a book goddamn it. I'm becoming more of a boomer wi…
I'll agree with you on basically everything, and it's great that such great stories will have a future. Though it's also kind of sad that the wonderful finds like the vintage AIWL from your last post are going to be in shorter and shorter supply. If I want to read a book, I want to read a book goddamn it. I'm becoming more of a boomer with every passing year. I want to read. Not play a game. Not have my crotch shot with a bolt of electricity in every erotic scene that comes up. Not see what my aunt thinks of the literary prose that pretentious lit-students enjoy. Just paper and ink, nothing more. I hope that there's still room for that.
If that future's secure, then f*ck yeah I'll take the shock to the groin and heart when reading the latest YA-vampire-erotica novel they'll come up with. Why not?
I don’t think physical books will go away. But I do think they will become less the product, and more the novelty. Something you buy after the book has already come out as a sort of collectors item. (The leather-bound edition of Brandon Sanderson’s book comes to mind. Which raised close to $7 million on Kickstarter.) I definitely want to have a hardback copy of my favorite novels, which is why I’ll be producing a hardback edition of my book!
That does sound like a future I'd agree with, haha. Love the look of those books, funny you'd bring those up! Where will you sell your hardback book, any thoughts?
I'll agree with you on basically everything, and it's great that such great stories will have a future. Though it's also kind of sad that the wonderful finds like the vintage AIWL from your last post are going to be in shorter and shorter supply. If I want to read a book, I want to read a book goddamn it. I'm becoming more of a boomer with every passing year. I want to read. Not play a game. Not have my crotch shot with a bolt of electricity in every erotic scene that comes up. Not see what my aunt thinks of the literary prose that pretentious lit-students enjoy. Just paper and ink, nothing more. I hope that there's still room for that.
If that future's secure, then f*ck yeah I'll take the shock to the groin and heart when reading the latest YA-vampire-erotica novel they'll come up with. Why not?
I don’t think physical books will go away. But I do think they will become less the product, and more the novelty. Something you buy after the book has already come out as a sort of collectors item. (The leather-bound edition of Brandon Sanderson’s book comes to mind. Which raised close to $7 million on Kickstarter.) I definitely want to have a hardback copy of my favorite novels, which is why I’ll be producing a hardback edition of my book!
That does sound like a future I'd agree with, haha. Love the look of those books, funny you'd bring those up! Where will you sell your hardback book, any thoughts?
Probably via Patreon! Though I may decide to use the higher level Substack pricing tier. I have one more month to figure that part out 😊
No pressure