Who knew I was a threat to the established order? A rebel, a radical, and a hapless tool of reactionary forces? (You thought I was going to say The Patriarchy, didn't you? Probably them, too, and Rand Paul besides.)
Because, you see, I have self-published! The horror of it!
...Wait, what? A decentralized, disintermediating movement, a bypassing of gatekeepers, that's a bad thing? That's a regressive thing? Quick, someone warn Tom Standage!
It is a Very Bad Thing, according to some ghit at the Guardian, to whom I shall not link; Dave Freer (a self-published SF writer; likely has got horns and a tail as well) has fisked it, with links. Go! Enjoy!
BUILDING A 1:1 BALUN
4 years ago
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Of course bypassing gatekeepers is bad. That's why Tesla can't sell cars in Jersey without network of dealerships. /sarc
When a middle-man finds himself no longer in the value stream, he has outlived his usefulness.
Should've said "without a network..."
I was just laughing it off aqs the usual to this point.
"...who produce for a wide range of tastes and preferences..."
Unless you're libertarian, conservative, don't like Star Drek, got tired of Star Wars, aren't convinced socialism is the asnswer to everything, are a AGW skeptic, have (and apply!) actual scientific/egineering ed&training...
My self-published books are moving slowly this month; only a bit over 1100 downloads*,so I'm only a minor reactionary demon, I guess.
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* If only I could get people to hit the tip jar for those downloads. At this point, I'd be happy with a dime per.
fisked it - heh, wasn't Fisk a Grauniad (UK Spelling, pronounced Groaniad) columnist?
I've met you.
Subversive type if I ever saw one.
It takes one to know one.
You, you, you, anarchist, you!
Yeah, that Internet thing--just messing it all up for The Powers That Be. Thank God.
We self-published my mom's two books, and my Great Uncle self-published his two. Nobody else would do it and they weren't going to publish themselves, so some intervention was necessary!
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