Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoThat one good billionairehexbear.netimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageThat one good billionairehexbear.netChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
I remember when people used to say that Rowling was different because she made her money from writing or whatever.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 months agoEven “just” selling books is often exploitative, the publishing mafia is predatory as fuck.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 months agoAnd, unless she edited them herself (which, considering the quality of the writing, It wouldn’t surprise me), printed, bound, marketed, distributed, sold and accounted for all of them, she’s not entitled to all of the proceeds of her books either.
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoShe probably stopped having an editor pretty quickly since I can’t imagine an editor letting “Kingsley Shacklebolt” slide.
minus-squareUmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agocounterpoint: the editor was british
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 months ago“Cho Chang” is close to as bad, but not quite.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI was listening to the audiobook of the 4th book on a long drive (my partner likes the audiobook to relax), and oof. It’s just really rough writing.
Even “just” selling books is often exploitative, the publishing mafia is predatory as fuck.
And, unless she edited them herself (which, considering the quality of the writing, It wouldn’t surprise me), printed, bound, marketed, distributed, sold and accounted for all of them, she’s not entitled to all of the proceeds of her books either.
She probably stopped having an editor pretty quickly since I can’t imagine an editor letting “Kingsley Shacklebolt” slide.
counterpoint: the editor was british
“Cho Chang” is close to as bad, but not quite.
I was listening to the audiobook of the 4th book on a long drive (my partner likes the audiobook to relax), and oof. It’s just really rough writing.