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Half of Disney's successes and failures can be pinned on making the same move that helped and then crippled both comic books and YA lit before them.
Dumping kids/families in favor of childless adult superfans with cash.
Issue is... there are always more kids. Not so with fans.
Dumping kids/families in favor of childless adult superfans with cash.
Issue is... there are always more kids. Not so with fans.
Comics enjoyed one decade of wild success after dumping kids and spinner racks for collectors and the direct market.
Then the 90s crash it sparked damn near killed the entire industry, and Scholastic and manga eat thier lunch by focusing on selling to the kids they abandoned.
Then the 90s crash it sparked damn near killed the entire industry, and Scholastic and manga eat thier lunch by focusing on selling to the kids they abandoned.
Likewise YA Lit, and to a smaller extent, genre fiction.
Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games drove a gold rush (and movie deals) largely thanks to what was branded the Twlight Mom demo.
Publishing focused on that cash cow, to its detriment.
Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games drove a gold rush (and movie deals) largely thanks to what was branded the Twlight Mom demo.
Publishing focused on that cash cow, to its detriment.
Today I turned 33. I am celebrating as I usually do, with a big steak and rewatching Zulu and the Lord of the Rings.
My first anthology, #WorldsLongLost also turns two weeks old today.
Buy a copy if you haven't already, and leave a review. Ot also makes a great holiday gift!
My first anthology, #WorldsLongLost also turns two weeks old today.
Buy a copy if you haven't already, and leave a review. Ot also makes a great holiday gift!
For would be outlets and reviewers, I am open to interview and review copies are available.
Here's some of the promo work I've done for the book already:
My coeditor Christopher Ruocchio and I spoke with @paulsemel about what went into the anthology.
paulsemel.com/exclusive-inte…
Here's some of the promo work I've done for the book already:
My coeditor Christopher Ruocchio and I spoke with @paulsemel about what went into the anthology.
paulsemel.com/exclusive-inte…
I spoke with @obrackenbury
on the "So your writing a Novel..." podcast about some of what goes into marketing and promoting books, authors and even entire publishers.
soimwritinganovel.com/2022/12/05/ep-…
on the "So your writing a Novel..." podcast about some of what goes into marketing and promoting books, authors and even entire publishers.
soimwritinganovel.com/2022/12/05/ep-…
