CORRECTION: At 1:34:53, I said that Sartre won the Pulitzer. I meant the Nobel. Also, I said that In Cold Blood was published in 1961. It was actually published in 1966. Thanks!
Re: publishers not wanting epic fantasy: there's this saying in trading circles "always bet on a Becky stock", a company or product that women are interested in, because they tend to earn you a lot of money. Romance has always been the biggest seller in publishing, and with all the economic pressures of publishing I think the companies are making a bet on the new "Becky stock" of romantasy (it was dystopia YA before). I think we're now feeling it cause fantasy was isolated from those trends. I don't know what it means besides it being in line with everything I've seen from the industry for 20 years now... While indy fantasy is booming, I think we shouldn't want them to pick up all the slack, but from everything I know publishers have never been great at supporting authors and audiences.
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CORRECTION: At 1:34:53, I said that Sartre won the Pulitzer. I meant the Nobel. Also, I said that In Cold Blood was published in 1961. It was actually published in 1966. Thanks!
Catching this on replay. Excellent conversation gentlemen.
Thanks for watching, man. Would love to have you on at some point. Maybe this summer, if you’re interested.
Glad we could finally get this together Jordan, and thanks for having me on. It was fun!
Thanks for coming on, Britton. I had a great time!
Thanks for having me on, Jordan! It was a great discussion!
Thanks for joining me, Kyle! It was my pleasure.
Re: publishers not wanting epic fantasy: there's this saying in trading circles "always bet on a Becky stock", a company or product that women are interested in, because they tend to earn you a lot of money. Romance has always been the biggest seller in publishing, and with all the economic pressures of publishing I think the companies are making a bet on the new "Becky stock" of romantasy (it was dystopia YA before). I think we're now feeling it cause fantasy was isolated from those trends. I don't know what it means besides it being in line with everything I've seen from the industry for 20 years now...
While indy fantasy is booming, I think we shouldn't want them to pick up all the slack, but from everything I know publishers have never been great at supporting authors and audiences.
This is smart and it strikes me as being true. I agree, too, that we need both traditional and indie publishing.