Week5 Readings

What struck me was the constant pattern of greed, grant it, money makes the world go round but how to people have yet to understand the reprocussions of greed? im probably going to go on a rant as i am listening to britney spears right now and that girl's got me dancing out to circus but thats besides the point.

the san francisco chronicle article just reminds me of how people are too concerned with personal gain that they completely disregard how much they are affecting others, not only the publishers, the employees, the writers, the readers, etc. domino effect people. money does not just disappear, some one takes a little here, someone takes a little there and before you know it you are being offered money to stay afloat, though youre probably the reason youre on a sinking ship to begin with. I picture a warehouse full of books unable to be distributed because of mismanagement and too much self interest.

Reading the ChiReader article made me think how in love you have to be with wanting to publish or be published. It just seems you have to be aware of the obstacles and have the determination to follow through regardless of the dire economic situation and depressingly low success rate. you really need to want to do it to pursue something so difficult. you should have a plan, funds or source of funds, connections, and balls of steel to withstand those groin kicks.

But its good to hear that even with all that people continue to publish and be published, through the self, indie, corporate publishers, etc. The more people do not let this deter them, the more society as a whole seems to gain from the hard work, the art, the examples set before them. is it too cliche to compare it to the glass ceiling? wow, i really need to stop listening to womanizer. but it is the preceeding that makes it a little easier for those who follow, because they get to see what worked, what didnt, and how to improve on the ideas. maybe i will never get published, maybe i dont want to get published but im at least trying to grow an invisible set of steel balls.