tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post4682124599327728544..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: On PublishingJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-84996934336991539802009-06-19T13:50:54.107-07:002009-06-19T13:50:54.107-07:00Jason, it does remind me of the depindie film worl...Jason, it does remind me of the depindie film world too, though movies are still making a great deal of money. Less than they once did, but still far more than books ever have, and of course, the laws of supply and demand are different with both too. One thing I've wished would happen was that true indie filmmaking, using the cheapest but best technologies available, would take off. There are so many topics, so many stories, that never make it into theaters, so a kind of grassroots cinema like Nollywood would be great. Yes, I know there are variations on this already here, so I guess the issue is how do we learn more about what's going on. Does that make sense?John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-65479065278192266752009-06-19T13:46:01.702-07:002009-06-19T13:46:01.702-07:00Reggie, thanks for replying. I think it's a dr...Reggie, thanks for replying. I think it's a dream of many writers (if not all) to be able to retire on royalties and other funds gained from writing. BTW, did you read the piece in the current <i>New Yorker</i> about Nora Roberts, and her multimillion-dollar prodigiousness? I wonder if Victor reads her work....<br /><br />I also hear you about the newspaper business. In addition to falling revenues, many made disastrous financial choices over the last 10 years, such as the <i>New York Times's</i> stock buyback and the horrendous consolidation and overleveraging by the <i>Tribune</i> companies. I keep saying that a move to not-for-profit status might be the way to go, but it will mean far less money and power, and a different relationship with funders, for most papers. A sad state of affairs.<br /><br />And yes, how right Williams was, in a love poem, no less....John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-65735772816068249772009-06-11T23:18:04.719-07:002009-06-11T23:18:04.719-07:00Quite intriguing, John. Alot of this is akin to wh...Quite intriguing, John. Alot of this is akin to what's going on in the "depindie" film world, where the major studios are abandoning the indie film acquisition biz altogether (except for well monied projects like "Slumdog"), opening up more opportunities for truly indie projects to do self-distribution, albeit for a smaller revenue channels...jbyrd130https://www.blogger.com/profile/09346486514481367353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-65535177351777147242009-06-09T15:05:40.850-07:002009-06-09T15:05:40.850-07:00Thanks for the Royalty Rundown info, John. I'm...Thanks for the Royalty Rundown info, John. I'm not sure a lot of writers understand how that works, although we all dream of retiring on those checks (Yeah...good luck with THAT one!:)<br /><br />No comments directly on this (except to say that I too would love to write or read some grand collation of various thoughts on the publishing business!) but wanted to add that I'm also looking at the various changes in the newspaper business -- aka watching newspapers sink slowly deeper and deeper into the red. I find it sad, disturbing, fascinating, and have either forwarded or commented enough on it that someone sent me a message asking if I was in the News Business!:)<br /><br />Nope just a reader/writer -- and in the business of creating that which you can't get the news from -- "yet men die miserably every day//for lack//of what is found there"Reginald Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318624469970165605noreply@blogger.com