tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831486000826761358.post5953952151297347017..comments2023-12-11T00:42:56.855-08:00Comments on musings: Latino Book Tours: Cibolero, by Kermit Lopeznilkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560204425714375502noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831486000826761358.post-76768855833874677042010-01-27T10:14:57.303-08:002010-01-27T10:14:57.303-08:00Thanks Kermit, I agree with you. It was great hav...Thanks Kermit, I agree with you. It was great having you here, I think this subject of POD is something I'm going to explore further. Thanks for helping me get the dialog started!<br /><br />And yes, you're totally right about Antonio, but still...(!)nilkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560204425714375502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831486000826761358.post-74803132772326485162010-01-26T15:39:56.397-08:002010-01-26T15:39:56.397-08:00I think a lot of the resistance to POD has to do w...I think a lot of the resistance to POD has to do with change. POD serves a niche that was unmet by the major/traditional publishing houses. We live in a time of individual empowerment through technologies such as Facebook, Google, etc. POD is one example of that change. Authors can now become published and essentially on an equal footing w/the large publishing houses through POD. POD is not perfect and has its negatives, but no more so than that provided by traditional publishing companies. POD is an attractive alternative to traditional publishing.Kermit Lopezhttp://www.cibolero.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831486000826761358.post-62721150393458345422010-01-26T15:33:51.506-08:002010-01-26T15:33:51.506-08:00Hi Nilki, thanks for asking about the ending. I w...Hi Nilki, thanks for asking about the ending. I wrestled with the ending, but determined that this was the way for Antonio to overcome his own anger and resentment. It would have been too easy for Antonio to take the alternative. Had he done so, Antonio would have been no better than those who kidnapped his daughter.Kermit Lopezhttp://www.cibolero.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831486000826761358.post-3774300598614034962010-01-26T08:57:30.557-08:002010-01-26T08:57:30.557-08:00Hey Sandra, that's a really good point. I hea...Hey Sandra, that's a really good point. I hear that all across the board now, even if your book is picked up by a publisher, you need to work your rabo off to market yourself as an author and your book for sales.<br /><br />I wonder, with the shrinking advances and royalites paid by suffering publishing houses is POD the future?<br /><br />Why is there so much negative talk about POD?nilkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560204425714375502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831486000826761358.post-84583967470969895932010-01-26T08:53:54.339-08:002010-01-26T08:53:54.339-08:00Hey Kermit, good of you to be here! I have a pres...Hey Kermit, good of you to be here! I have a pressing question but i'm afraid it would be a major spoiler. Let's see if I can ask and you can answer cryptically w/out giving anything away:<br /><br />about the end: WHY?!!!!!!!Nilki Bhttp://latinobooktours.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831486000826761358.post-44802178685764061022010-01-26T08:05:29.548-08:002010-01-26T08:05:29.548-08:00Hey, Kermit. Thanks for your input on the world of...Hey, Kermit. Thanks for your input on the world of self-publishing. I just want to add one thing about marketing being the one disadvantage on POD publishing: In actuality, the writer is the sole marketer of the book, no matter which publisher published it. Trust me, my first book, "Esperanza," was published by Floricanto Press, a small Latino publisher in San Fran, and they did next to nothing to market my book. I have been doing it all. And that's not just my input. I've had author friends who've had their books published by big publishers like Random House, and they tell me the same thing--they do all the leg work, while the publisher collects the big bucks. <br /><br />So, I guess what I'm saying is: The writer is the number 1 (and only 1, really) salesperson.Book Club Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030306241563341911noreply@blogger.com