tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post4894406524204420717..comments2023-10-30T05:15:17.509-07:00Comments on The Blue Fairy's Bookshelf: Top Ten Tuesday - Best and Worst TrendsLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10372317376002783405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-35184331200923864062011-08-03T09:01:59.266-07:002011-08-03T09:01:59.266-07:00As to not make this just about comics, less publis...As to not make this just about comics, less publishing trends would be awesome. It wouldn't even cost that much more in overhead if the first-run physical books stayed within trends but ebook publishing was ramped up for everything else (I'm under the impression that a huge amount of the cost associated with books is setting up a print line and sourcing enough trees, correct me if I'm wrong). <br /><br />One other thing I'd like to see is better print on demand services for consumers. I want to be able to go, buy an ebook (since ebooks are awesome from a publishing and distribution standpoint), and have an easy method of printing it out (because I like reading physical books). One of the bookstores near Seattle has a rapid printing/binding machine for this task, but it would be nice to see this become the norm instead of the exception.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086306586555494469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-110293937348338532011-08-02T18:26:28.499-07:002011-08-02T18:26:28.499-07:00Thanks for the comments, folks!
Just to clarify: ...Thanks for the comments, folks!<br /><br />Just to clarify: Some comic adaptations are fine, even great. I own the first few Anita Blake issues and the first few Dark Tower issues. (Didn't keep collecting them, but still.) <br /><br />But there was a while where I couldn't turn around without seeing the next "hot" book-to-comic adaptation. Twilight. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. True Blood (which is book to TV to comic, although I think the point holds). You know exactly what I'm talking about, Dead Trees.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372317376002783405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-85607664439211700412011-08-02T10:25:22.442-07:002011-08-02T10:25:22.442-07:00I'm a new follower!
I'm sick of books be...I'm a new follower!<br /><br /><br />I'm sick of books being made into comics too. Why do we need Twilight comics, Artemis Fowl comics, Sookie Stackhouse comics, Hugh Hush comics, yuck! I love comics, good comics but this takes attention away from whats already there.DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445550272628303725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-23305622280731597632011-08-02T10:19:57.604-07:002011-08-02T10:19:57.604-07:00I agree with you very much on poor ebook formating...I agree with you very much on poor ebook formating and over priced ebooks. <br /><br /><br />http://deadtreesandsilverscreens.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-ten-tuesday-aug-2.htmlDThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445550272628303725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-50744479493660545312011-08-02T09:10:56.679-07:002011-08-02T09:10:56.679-07:00You've got a lot of great ideas on this list! ...You've got a lot of great ideas on this list! Less Trends...Better E-Book Formatting...More Love for Indie Authors...E-Book Releases of Out-of-Print Books!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607193039280948594.post-7795017165289170272011-08-02T07:28:32.524-07:002011-08-02T07:28:32.524-07:00I haven't seen most of the comic adaptations o...I haven't seen most of the comic adaptations of novels but the few that I am interested in have been pretty good. Granted, those are limited to Richard Stark's Parker and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and both seem to be done by people who really care about the source material. My feeling is that as long as people are reading interesting stuff that makes them think, the exact delivery method in fairly unimportant.<br /><br />That said, I don't think we need an Ender's Game or Anita Blake mega-series, or the manga adaptation of Maximum RideColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086306586555494469noreply@blogger.com