1. Piratería y la Desvalorización del Trabajo del Autor.
Los autores expresan frustración por la piratería, que perciben como un robo directo que amenaza su sustento, especialmente para los escritores independientes y aquellos que dependen de las ventas para vivir. Existe un debate sobre si la preocupación principal debe ser la lectura o la compensación económica.
- I am going to start fucking crying. Because i wrote that book for people to read it. Sorry its not lucrative to flood the zone with slop.
- I totally get it. All that matters to me is that people buy from wherever my books are available and dont pirate.
- If your concern when it comes to people reading your book is getting paid and not, more people reading your book, you are in the wrong business. Go get paid to do something people actually get paid for. Like, selling drugs.
- Theres a stream of people in your site stats looking for illegal copies of a book while youre trying to work on the sequel.
- If you pirate books, you are ensuring that the only people who will be able to write and publish are the independently wealthy or well-off. You absolutely prevent poor people being able to be writers and tell their stories.
2. El Rol de las Bibliotecas y la Accesibilidad.
Las bibliotecas públicas son vistas como una solución vital para la accesibilidad a los libros, ofreciendo una alternativa legal y gratuita a la piratería. Se destaca la importancia de apoyar estos sistemas para garantizar que los autores sean compensados y que la lectura siga siendo accesible para todos.
- I am also begging people to do it, a bunch of libraries also have e-book services that let you borrow stuff without having to put on pants.
- The library book has already been bought and paid for. I happily lend books well, some books for. Friends because those books are my property and i bought them. This is stealing from these poor people who are struggling with tremendously difficult circumstances. They have to be protected.
- If enough people are waiting for the ebook the library will purchase extra copies to loan out and the author gets paid.
- The decline in literacy and reading is a worry. You could imagine a black mirror-like future where people float along endlessly connected to tiktok bursts of video, never being able to concentrate on anything long-term.
- I wrote a significant chunk of my first book at a chicago public library, an amazing public space where people could read books and newspapers, access the internet, or just keep warm for a while on a cold day. This is appalling.
3. Motivaciones y Hábitos de Lectura.
Se debate sobre las motivaciones de los lectores, incluyendo la lectura "performativa" en público, y se critica la tendencia a convertir la lectura en una competición o un indicador de superioridad intelectual, mientras se celebra cualquier forma de lectura.
- Im just happy to see people reading, no matter their underlying motivation. Especially during these ugly times in which we live. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
- I found the article this screenshot is from and it does look like the author believes some people are reading performatively. And also that its a good thing because theyre still reading.
- I find it annoying when folks complain about people reading 100 books per year. They need to let people read at the pace they prefer and focus on themselves.
- Not a great sign for the intellectual future of our culture that so many people see a dude reading a book and are like he must be doing some kind of performance, there is no other possible explanation for that behaviour.
- I hate all of this reading as a competitive sport stuff read as much as you want to no books, 100 , whatever and stop making it some sort of contest or sport or even shaming people for not reading enough.
4. Desafíos de la Escritura y la Promoción.
Los escritores comparten la dura realidad financiera y emocional de su oficio. La promoción es difícil y a menudo se enfrentan a la baja visibilidad o a la expectativa irreal de que un contrato editorial garantiza la estabilidad económica.
- I also find this really interesting and i think about this a lot with people who have books outpending hello, it me where the assumption is oh wow a book deal so youre set for life! like no, my friend, most of us are making mid- to low-five figure advances lol.
- I hate self promotion, but there is a whole cluster of people whose books came out a little too deep into that whole covid thing to be fully noticed, so.
- Ok, 9 people have read this. Thats good, right? ill keep writing anyway. Ive been writing and sharing for many years and my readership has consistently been low.
- Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. Im always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and its very shocking to the system. Flannery oconnor.
- I am amused by the people responding to yesterdays post about the book not being done who have missed the follow up that it is now done.