Hi Lyn! Thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate your perspective on the dispute, as an author! Thank you also for the link to the NPR article. I will go check that out now! I can only imagine the maelstrom Edan Lepucki has found herself in, with all kinds of (unexpected and sometimes perhaps unwelcome) commentary on her book. I am so grateful for your commentary at Bacon, Lyn!!

After hearing your review and NPR’s (https://www.npr.org/2014/07/07/329529037/post-apocalyptic-world-falls-flat-in-california), I’ve got two good reasons to pass on this one. 🙂 Enjoyed your post and the attention to the craft, or lack thereof. Note to self and all of us over-writers out there. A good editor is essential, and whether someone is traditionally or self-published, you have to put in the time to question every line.

My stance on the Hachette/Amazon dispute is one of the few times I disagree with Mr. Colbert. I think Hachette’s gorilla tactics are commensurate with Amazon’s. We’ve got a huge digital disruption going on with ebooks, led by Amazon, and what the Big Four publishers do not like is the idea that they can’t charge consumers over $10+ for ebooks in the long run. So I am following the fight closely, as I think readers deserve high prices for wood pulp moved across the miles and low prices for digital copies moved across the Cloud.

Looking forward to the next post. I’ve been lurking for a while and finally commented. 🙂

Lyn