Follow Friday(28)
Follow Friday is a weekly blog hop event hosted by Parajunkee and
Alison Can Read.
This
week's Question is:
Q: What have you learned from book blogging that you didn't know before about the publishing industry?
I haven't learned that much since I started book blogging but I do know more than before. I didn't know that there were any such thing as an ARC, advanced readers copy. I had know idea that publishers gave away advanced copies to bloogers and librarians and other people for review purposes and stuff like that. I knew practically nothing about the publishing industry. I am glad I got into blogging for the fact that I now know more. I didn't even know tat it was the publisher chooses the cover, I thought it was the author that helped in doing that.
Let me know in the comments what you have learned.
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-Michael
Yeah, I think ARCs is going to be a popular item today!
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Old Follower :)
Yes, I too just learned that the publisher chooses the cover and not the author.
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My answer
Greetings Michael :)
ReplyDeleteI remember reading an author interview a while, and the question was "Did you help/pick the cover for your book" and the author explained that she had little choice in the whole process. I think that really sucks, because that author WROTE the entire book, knows it in and out, and may have brilliant ideas on the cover! I see some books where it's obvious the cover artist had no idea what the book was about except for random details.
Phew, that was a rant :) I learned the same things you did, actually! You can check out my post here if you'd like :)
It's nice meeting you! I'm a new follower!
-Kirthi
I said the same thing, but I'm sure there is more to learn.
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http://www.christywrites.com/book-log.html
I learned most of what I know by publishing myself, but it was a steep learning curve, that's for sure. I'm still baffled by a lot of it to be honest, but getting out there and doing it yourself is one way to learn things in a hurry.
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Julie~ New Adult Addiction
ARCs are awesome! New GFC follower.
ReplyDeleteMy FF: http://2ndbooktotheright.blogspot.com/2012/12/feature-and-follow-friday-4.html
I have learnt so much about book blogging, i didn't realize just how people are into it and now i'm hooked!! :-o)
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