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Pet Peeves
of the Publishing Industry
I myself am not a member
of the formal “publishing industry,” mostly because of some of
their tactics and practices that just rub me the wrong way.
I shall explain.
First and foremost, the
whole idea of buying and pushing books with high commercial appeal
bothers me. I personally think of it this way: The Big 6 Publishers
are like the Hollywood of the book world. They want those huge
summer blockbusters that are guaranteed to sell. On the other hand,
you have the indie film world, which doesn’t really care about
churning out moneymakers, but more about small stories with a lot of
heart. They’re quiet films about normal everyday people,
encountering normal everyday problems that we all can relate to—the
stories I myself love. Indie publishing is the same thing in my mind.
Now I’m not saying
there’s anything wrong with the big Hollywood-esque books put out
by The Big 6—I’ve read many of them and enjoyed them. And
they’ve been known to put out those great “quiet” books once in
a while as well. But I feel as the competition to win that publishing
prize gets more and more difficult (as it inevitably is), only those
authors with the big money maker/summer blockbuster stories will make
it in. And that’s such a shame to me, because more often than not
it’s the quiet, character-driven stories that really touch lives.
The stories that make a difference.
Another pet peeve of
mine is the often narrow-mindedness of the people in the publishing
world—more specifically, in the YA publishing world. One of the
biggest issues with me is their denial of the fact that there is a
very strong market for older YA characters in the 18-24 range, which
has been dubbed “New Adult” literature. A publishing house coined
the term back in 2009 when they hosted a contest for entrants with
manuscripts in this age range, and the response was amazing. So many
people came out of the woodwork and shared their mutual love for
stories about kids in college (and beyond), and it seemed to start
somewhat of a revolution.
Unfortunately, that
publishing house never stuck with the idea. The New Adult line was
never created. But the seed had been planted, and all of the fans
have made it their own. There are tons of authors self-publishing
their New Adult novels and reaching remarkable success. Yet most of
the publishing industry still doesn’t acknowledge this. They
still insist there is simply no market for books about 18-24 year
olds. Why? Because they don’t know where it will fit in on
bookstore shelves? Who the hell cares?
Enough venting. I know
that there are plenty of things about the publishing world that
work—some truly great authors have found more success than they
ever imagined. But as things are the way they are now, some fantastic
authors with smaller stories about characters who don’t necessarily
fit into some of the rigid categories are being brushed off. There
are so many stories the world may never get to read.
And everyone’s story
should have a place in the world.
Author Bio
Tonya Fitzharris is a writer, reader, blogger, mediocre cook, photographer, runner, Florida native, and cat lover. She used to be a Middle School English Teacher, but now she's trying out the whole novel writing thing. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and her Belgian cat named Waffles.
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Title: 6 Seconds of Life
Author: Tonya Fitzharris
Date Published: 9/1/12
Maura has just jumped.
Now she has precisely six seconds until she hits the water below her—just six more seconds until she is finally freed from her mundane and aimless existence. Freed of all of the regrets and disappointments that have haunted her throughout her nineteen years.
She just needs to be free.
But as she falls, the most pivotal points of her life start to replay like a movie in her head: her family falling apart, her first love, her first heartbreak, her first true friends, and her first betrayal. As she remembers these moments that brought her to this point, will she feel a sense of peace? Or will her death be her greatest regret?
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