Another insightful post from Moonrat today. Rather than rehash the whole topic, I’ll just post the main message I wanted to pass along, and hope that you’ll go read the whole post at EdAss. I strongly feel that if you’re working toward a career in writing of any sort, Editorial Ass is your place.
So here’s a way to help us get over the October publishing financial crisis:
For anyone who cares about the book publishing industry and wants to do their part, there’s one simple action step:
Buy a book this weekend.
Just buy one.
Now go read the whole post to find out details.
I bought a whole bunch of ‘em couple weeks back. Does that count?
You can never buy enough books, imo.
I bought a few a couple of weeks ago.
I confess though, I kind of wish I hadn’t bought them. They weren’t that good, (2 out of 3 so far) and now I’m stuck with them. I should have just gone to the library. *sigh*