Intrigued by the TalentMatch site. http://www.talentmatch.com/. What do you think? Peter's PressForward business sounds exciting, too. Are they remedies for the woes of the publishing industry dieing under the weight of its inventory and hope for the creative spirits of the many, many talented people out there who cannot "break in" while capital controls access to audience? Or are they just "vanity press" in a new guise? I think, in a nutshell, I believe they are something in the middle and that the old divisions are breaking down. Fame and fortune will still be the holy grail, elusive as ever except for the very few. But maybe the pyramid I like to talk about is happening. You know, the stuff I like to say about how sci fi fandom is cool because people participate at so many levels, making many opportunities for success via outlets with a lower artist-to-audience ratio than nearer the top where it is higher. By which measure, of course, I can't think of a single book that would rank as high as the highest blockbuster movie so this does not have to be a quality call, although quality does inevitably have something to do with it as well as sheer mass appeal of genre and media issues.
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