Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 7:43:04 GMT
When I spoke of the limitations of the modern writer , I did not think of his competitors. Or, rather, to his competition , which is different. Because "competitors" immediately makes you think of other writers, but I have never seen other authors as real competitors, because in the end everyone writes their own stories. It's different in other work fields. If we open an insurance company, all the others are our competitors. If we open a supermarket, other supermarkets are our competitors. If we open a web agency, the other agencies are our competitors. And so on. If we publish a book, other authors are not our competitors, for me. And I'm talking about any book. My book on blogging has no competing books, because no one wrote what I wrote.
The competition of the modern writer That sentence in Marco's post, however, made me think of bigger competitors that have come into play today , with all the modernity that has turned our lives upside down. Once upon a time there was no radio. There was no cinema. There was no television. There was no web. All this Special Data today is the Great Competition against which the writer of the 21st century must fight. There's also another one, to tell the truth. There is the Great Ignorance, which is growing more and more. Otherwise the poor sales figures of publishing houses and the controversy over the fact that an average Italian reads only one book a year cannot be explained.
Radio and cinema are not strong competitors, in my opinion. I don't listen to the radio , they never play the music I like and I can't stand chatter. So for me it's a useless invention. But how many actually listen to the radio? And when? Maybe in the car, when they can't read anyway. I like cinema a lot . But a film is a film and a novel is a novel. We know this well, we are not as daft as those of the distilled books . And then it's easier and cheaper to read a book every day than go to the cinema every day. If I went to the cinema every day, I would spend 165 euros a month. That is, the price of at least 10 books. 20, actually, if in a paperback edition. 40 at least, if in ebook. With a month of cinema you can read a year. But, I repeat, it is a comparison that we cannot make, precisely because going to the cinema involves a trip and an expense and cannot be done every day. Television is a major competitor , however, and it would seem strange, given the nonsense it offers. I only see her in the evening, if I'm interested in a film.
The competition of the modern writer That sentence in Marco's post, however, made me think of bigger competitors that have come into play today , with all the modernity that has turned our lives upside down. Once upon a time there was no radio. There was no cinema. There was no television. There was no web. All this Special Data today is the Great Competition against which the writer of the 21st century must fight. There's also another one, to tell the truth. There is the Great Ignorance, which is growing more and more. Otherwise the poor sales figures of publishing houses and the controversy over the fact that an average Italian reads only one book a year cannot be explained.
Radio and cinema are not strong competitors, in my opinion. I don't listen to the radio , they never play the music I like and I can't stand chatter. So for me it's a useless invention. But how many actually listen to the radio? And when? Maybe in the car, when they can't read anyway. I like cinema a lot . But a film is a film and a novel is a novel. We know this well, we are not as daft as those of the distilled books . And then it's easier and cheaper to read a book every day than go to the cinema every day. If I went to the cinema every day, I would spend 165 euros a month. That is, the price of at least 10 books. 20, actually, if in a paperback edition. 40 at least, if in ebook. With a month of cinema you can read a year. But, I repeat, it is a comparison that we cannot make, precisely because going to the cinema involves a trip and an expense and cannot be done every day. Television is a major competitor , however, and it would seem strange, given the nonsense it offers. I only see her in the evening, if I'm interested in a film.