tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6375581058221227290.post7970928277291434646..comments2023-10-01T03:10:10.767-07:00Comments on Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: Free Speech vs Free MarketErica Verrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203906377475992984noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6375581058221227290.post-39869235629847824252017-07-18T06:01:28.797-07:002017-07-18T06:01:28.797-07:00Would it be OK if I cross-posted this article to W...Would it be OK if I cross-posted this article to WriterBeat.com? There is no fee; I'm simply trying to add more content diversity for our community and I enjoyed reading your work. I'll be sure to give you complete credigt as the author. If "OK" please let me know via email.<br /><br />Autumn<br />AutumnCote@WriterBeat.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692984934301525727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6375581058221227290.post-14632950814435717572017-01-14T16:08:21.959-08:002017-01-14T16:08:21.959-08:00I am sad to say it, but publishers don't have ...I am sad to say it, but publishers don't have much in the way of ethics. Publishing is, as one publisher put it, "a dirty business." In this case, S&S saw a way to make a profit, and they went for it. (Other publishers, to their credit, turned down Yiannapoulos.) What is most disturbing is that the book will be printed under S&S's "conservative" imprint. When did "conservative" become synonymous with white supremacist? Will this open the door to yet more racist, hate-filled books under the guise of "conservatism"?Erica Verrillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203906377475992984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6375581058221227290.post-25835055457029280392017-01-14T06:32:07.737-08:002017-01-14T06:32:07.737-08:00I strongly disagree that all publishers do not hav...I strongly disagree that all publishers do not have an ethical obligation to turn down bigoted writing. There are a lot of reasons a publishing house turns down a manuscript: poor quality and poor fit among them. If a publishing house professes to have a code of ethics (granted, not all have to), they could very easily turn down a manuscript like Yiannopoulos'.<br /><br />Especially now, we all -- regardless of industry -- have an obligation of radical care and moral responsibility towards each other. Giving a person like Yiannapoulos a known and respected brand to house his book confers him legitimacy that he does not deserve. A major player in the publishing industry has failed to meet a bar of moral responsibility. Who do we think will behave in a less cowardly way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6375581058221227290.post-32415153320326706482017-01-13T02:06:35.142-08:002017-01-13T02:06:35.142-08:00Good, thought-provoking article here. My local pap...Good, thought-provoking article here. My local paper is so useless. I had not heard this. You do a great job on the main points of this issue, Erica. One thing that comes to mind for me is implicit here: Why would Simon & Schuster do something like this? They have a reputation to uphold, as any legacy publishing house does. You note the "free market" in a sub-head, but don't go all the way in. The answer, of course, is money and profits. This is the same mentality that Trump was counting on to get all the coverage he got during the campaign. And it continues insidiously now in every newspaper and news broadcast everywhere. I don't blame the media for the success of the alt-right and the politics of hate, but there's no doubt many companies are falling into a very dangerous trap. And the effect continues to be normalizing extreme and heartless points of view. None of this is going to end well. David Biddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345556742542739160noreply@blogger.com