tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11576493.post7223619935723008290..comments2023-04-05T08:19:55.844-06:00Comments on Win Scott Eckert | Novelist | Editor | Essayist | Short Fiction Author: Self-publishing, writing, and the Wold Newton/Crossover Universe concept, etc.Win Scott Eckerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741672104139893249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11576493.post-34688335646519245752008-12-24T22:42:00.000-07:002008-12-24T22:42:00.000-07:00"There's nothing that can help a writer grow like ..."There's nothing that can help a writer grow like working with real editors and submitting to competitive markets."<BR/><BR/>Bingo, you nailed it, Matthew.Win Scott Eckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741672104139893249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11576493.post-18804876591599258782008-12-24T20:50:00.000-07:002008-12-24T20:50:00.000-07:00I've got to agree. A friend of mine says somethin...I've got to agree. A friend of mine says something similar and used the language of "printer" vs. "publisher". <BR/><BR/>Lulu.com and simlar outlets are printers of books. They do end out printing some good stuff, they print anything they're paid to. There's a place for that. If you have a situation where you'd like to get Grandma's memoirs to the family in a nice form, etc. it's invaluable. My grandfather was a history teacher and has an unpublished book on the Arizona Rangers that has been hanging around for 50 years of so as a handful of loose pages. I'd love to give it the lulu.com treatment.<BR/><BR/>It's also true that there are some micro-presses who do a pretty good job of editing/layout, etc. and then use lulu to print the final form.<BR/><BR/>But having legitimate products that come through lulu does nothing to legitimate all the other stuff thye print. As you say, there's nothing that can beat the quality you get from the traditional aditorial process, and there's nothing that can help a writer grow like working with real editors and submitting to competitive markets.Matthew Baughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138985206277627972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11576493.post-6505867752713584012008-12-24T18:15:00.000-07:002008-12-24T18:15:00.000-07:00Thanks Frank. :-)Feel free to forward, whenever it...Thanks Frank. :-)<BR/><BR/>Feel free to forward, whenever it comes up...<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>-WinWin Scott Eckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741672104139893249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11576493.post-50308098778164935862008-12-24T18:11:00.000-07:002008-12-24T18:11:00.000-07:00Well spoken, Win! I've had a few people question m...Well spoken, Win! I've had a few people question me on the subject but I never explained my position a tenth as well as you:)<BR/><BR/>FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com