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POD-dy Mouth: The Novel and the Almighty Euro (a cautionary tale)
This is just a sample of the content found on this website. Please visit the website to read the entire page. "POD-dy Mouth Wading through the sea of Print-on-Demand titles, one overpriced paperback at a time--and giving you the buried treasure. Wednesday, June 29, 2005 The Novel and the Almighty Euro (a cautionary tale) If you want to read an article that brings out the highs and lows of the endless avalanche of POD titles, check out this one by Kel Munger entitled The Great American DIY Novel . Kel writes for the Sacramento News & Review and wrote a little diddy on local writers pursuing publication down the dark avenue of Print On Demand. The article is quite accurate (and features a nice review of Greg Blecha's brilliantly-written LOVE IN THE TIME OF THE APOCALYPSE ) and is well worth a read. Kel and I shared a brief email exchange and it quickly became clear to me that she has a firm grasp on what is going on in the publishing world. She agreed to let me excerpt some text from our email discussion: Kel says, " I review books and write on literary subjects for the paper (among many other things). Generally, I give local authors with POD books a chapter's trial over my lunch break. Most of them aren't read past that first chapter, but at least I try; I understand that most newspapers won't review them at all. Greg's book was so good that I couldn't put it down and I was late returning from lunch ." I agree fully. I, in fact, missed a meal when I read LOVE. But here, Kel really hits on what is happening in the publishing world: "I'm genuinely torn between a healthy respect for access to publishing for all and aggravation that so many people think anybody can write a good book. It's like saying anyone can be a brain surgeon; it would be nice if it were true, but it's just not so. It also demeans the hard work and discipline most writers apply to their craft. "I put the blame at the" .... read entire page
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