This
TIME magazine interview with
• JC Hutchins (7th Son),
• Scott Sigler ( Contagious)
• and Mur Lafferty (Playing for Keeps) was posted yesterday about the future of Pocasting.
Go and check it out, it's a good read- no podiocast for it though....
Here's my two cents.
"Playing for Keeps" by Mur Lafferty was the first podiobook that I had ever listened to.
Novels like "7th Son" by JC Hutchins, "Infected" by Scott Sigler, and "Brave Men Run" by Matthew Wayne Selznick, have allowed me to enjoy new authors that I would have probably not come across in my own library.
To these authors, I am grateful. They help my work day pass by and continue to follow them and their projects.
I constantly recommend these stories to people that I know will enjoy them.
"It seems a ripe time for novel podcasting to grow. Traditional book publishers are struggling. Book sales are down; ... has laid off employees,... has suspended the purchase of most new manuscripts."Like a lot of industries - they are also feeling the crunch.
The downside for us readers is that we can only have "new" Stephen King, John Grisham, and Neil Gaiman novels coming out ( don't get me wrong, I love their work too, I've probably read every single book they've written so far).
I look forward to reading different styles and content from all over.
I love chocolate ice cream - but sometimes I like to have "Tiger" ice cream too.
Howard Hendrix also said, "In the long run, what you may end up with is a vast digital slush pile" and "a mass of novels written by 15-year-olds.")If a 15 year old can write- let the people decide. If it's good - it will gain popularity.
I often wonder how many great stories remain unpublished due to the whim of an Publisher deciding on how many copies it would sell, rather than the story it self.
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