Author Solutions CEO Responds to Harlequin/Nelson Flap
Weiss takes exception to these guilds’ position that only traditionally-published books can succeed. “There are plenty of books in traditional publishing today that just don’t make it; it’s a hits business,” Weiss said. “It’s why the publishing industry is going through a transformation today and the consumer has everything to say about what is good content and what isn’t good content. To say that in order for a book to make it in the marketplace it has to blessed by a traditional publisher doesn’t make any sense in 2009.”
How dare professional writers speak out against us! How dare they only want writers to make money and not spend money! We want our writers ignorant of our false claims of “success can be yours” just by using our over priced services even though we never have proved with real numbers or actual sales data or any of that stuff that normal thinking people want to see before signing a contract. How dare you question our integrity and demand accountability when we make shit up without providing detailed facts! Transformation, Opportunity, Give Us Money, Harlequin Does Not Care Why Should You?, blah blah blah…
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