Comments on: Future writing names http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/ M.K. Hobson | Necrophilatelist Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Serge http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Serge Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:44:43 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-961 I know a few authors who rebranded themselves because their True Names were associated with poor sales. (Foreign names tend to be sales-killers.) So they'd build a new identity, with the full public knowledge of their editors. Why? Well, that allowed them to fool the tracking softwares of the sales staff, or it allowed the latter to fool the bookstores into taking a chance on 'new' authors. "Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how.)" I know a few authors who rebranded themselves because their True Names were associated with poor sales. (Foreign names tend to be sales-killers.) So they’d build a new identity, with the full public knowledge of their editors. Why? Well, that allowed them to fool the tracking softwares of the sales staff, or it allowed the latter to fool the bookstores into taking a chance on ‘new’ authors.

“Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how.)”

]]> By: Serge http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-2978 Serge Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-2978 I know a few authors who rebranded themselves because their True Names were associated with poor sales. (Foreign names tend to be sales-killers.) So they'd build a new identity, with the full public knowledge of their editors. Why? Well, that allowed them to fool the tracking softwares of the sales staff, or it allowed the latter to fool the bookstores into taking a chance on 'new' authors. "Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how.)" I know a few authors who rebranded themselves because their True Names were associated with poor sales. (Foreign names tend to be sales-killers.) So they’d build a new identity, with the full public knowledge of their editors. Why? Well, that allowed them to fool the tracking softwares of the sales staff, or it allowed the latter to fool the bookstores into taking a chance on ‘new’ authors.

“Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how.)”

]]> By: Serge http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-2979 Serge Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-2979 I know a few authors who rebranded themselves because their True Names were associated with poor sales. (Foreign names tend to be sales-killers.) So they'd build a new identity, with the full public knowledge of their editors. Why? Well, that allowed them to fool the tracking softwares of the sales staff, or it allowed the latter to fool the bookstores into taking a chance on 'new' authors. "Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how.)" I know a few authors who rebranded themselves because their True Names were associated with poor sales. (Foreign names tend to be sales-killers.) So they’d build a new identity, with the full public knowledge of their editors. Why? Well, that allowed them to fool the tracking softwares of the sales staff, or it allowed the latter to fool the bookstores into taking a chance on ‘new’ authors.

“Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how.)”

]]> By: M.K. Hobson http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-955 M.K. Hobson Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:51:52 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-955 Hi Angelo: What you're talking about is building a "brand" (as we discuss upthread) and there's nothing wrong with that ... if the brand is viable, like a Robert Jordan or an Isaac Asimov. But most author "brands" don't get anywhere close to that. And even an author with five or ten moderately successful books can find him or herself shuffled to the side by a publisher to who'd rather take a chance on a new, untested author who *could* be a Robert Jordan or a J.K. Rowling. It's like gambling. People play for the big win, not the slow grind for pennies. So I guess I was being a bit cynical to make a humorous point. But I also think I'm not too far off-base in my prediction that we'll see a lot more authorial name-switching in the future. Hi Angelo:

What you’re talking about is building a “brand” (as we discuss upthread) and there’s nothing wrong with that … if the brand is viable, like a Robert Jordan or an Isaac Asimov. But most author “brands” don’t get anywhere close to that. And even an author with five or ten moderately successful books can find him or herself shuffled to the side by a publisher to who’d rather take a chance on a new, untested author who *could* be a Robert Jordan or a J.K. Rowling. It’s like gambling. People play for the big win, not the slow grind for pennies.

So I guess I was being a bit cynical to make a humorous point. But I also think I’m not too far off-base in my prediction that we’ll see a lot more authorial name-switching in the future.

]]> By: M.K. Hobson http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-2976 M.K. Hobson Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:51:00 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-2976 Hi Angelo: What you're talking about is building a "brand" (as we discuss upthread) and there's nothing wrong with that ... if the brand is viable, like a Robert Jordan or an Isaac Asimov. But most author "brands" don't get anywhere close to that. And even an author with five or ten moderately successful books can find him or herself shuffled to the side by a publisher to who'd rather take a chance on a new, untested author who *could* be a Robert Jordan or a J.K. Rowling. It's like gambling. People play for the big win, not the slow grind for pennies. So I guess I was being a bit cynical to make a humorous point. But I also think I'm not too far off-base in my prediction that we'll see a lot more authorial name-switching in the future. Hi Angelo:

What you’re talking about is building a “brand” (as we discuss upthread) and there’s nothing wrong with that … if the brand is viable, like a Robert Jordan or an Isaac Asimov. But most author “brands” don’t get anywhere close to that. And even an author with five or ten moderately successful books can find him or herself shuffled to the side by a publisher to who’d rather take a chance on a new, untested author who *could* be a Robert Jordan or a J.K. Rowling. It’s like gambling. People play for the big win, not the slow grind for pennies.

So I guess I was being a bit cynical to make a humorous point. But I also think I’m not too far off-base in my prediction that we’ll see a lot more authorial name-switching in the future.

]]> By: M.K. Hobson http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-2977 M.K. Hobson Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:51:00 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-2977 Hi Angelo: What you're talking about is building a "brand" (as we discuss upthread) and there's nothing wrong with that ... if the brand is viable, like a Robert Jordan or an Isaac Asimov. But most author "brands" don't get anywhere close to that. And even an author with five or ten moderately successful books can find him or herself shuffled to the side by a publisher to who'd rather take a chance on a new, untested author who *could* be a Robert Jordan or a J.K. Rowling. It's like gambling. People play for the big win, not the slow grind for pennies. So I guess I was being a bit cynical to make a humorous point. But I also think I'm not too far off-base in my prediction that we'll see a lot more authorial name-switching in the future. Hi Angelo:

What you’re talking about is building a “brand” (as we discuss upthread) and there’s nothing wrong with that … if the brand is viable, like a Robert Jordan or an Isaac Asimov. But most author “brands” don’t get anywhere close to that. And even an author with five or ten moderately successful books can find him or herself shuffled to the side by a publisher to who’d rather take a chance on a new, untested author who *could* be a Robert Jordan or a J.K. Rowling. It’s like gambling. People play for the big win, not the slow grind for pennies.

So I guess I was being a bit cynical to make a humorous point. But I also think I’m not too far off-base in my prediction that we’ll see a lot more authorial name-switching in the future.

]]> By: Angelo Thomas Crapanzano http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-954 Angelo Thomas Crapanzano Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:46:12 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-954 I don't understand why you would want to change your name. Wouldn't that be like starting all over again. It's like puting out your first book. I think that you would want to stick with one name and let it become known. If you want to start over again because you got real bad reviews, that's a different story. In that case I think I would give up writing altogether. I don’t understand why you would want to change your name. Wouldn’t that be like starting all over again. It’s like puting out your first book. I think that you would want to stick with one name and let it become known. If you want to start over again because you got real bad reviews, that’s a different story. In that case I think I would give up writing altogether.

]]> By: Angelo Thomas Crapanzano http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-2974 Angelo Thomas Crapanzano Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-2974 I don't understand why you would want to change your name. Wouldn't that be like starting all over again. It's like puting out your first book. I think that you would want to stick with one name and let it become known. If you want to start over again because you got real bad reviews, that's a different story. In that case I think I would give up writing altogether. I don’t understand why you would want to change your name. Wouldn’t that be like starting all over again. It’s like puting out your first book. I think that you would want to stick with one name and let it become known. If you want to start over again because you got real bad reviews, that’s a different story. In that case I think I would give up writing altogether.

]]> By: Angelo Thomas Crapanzano http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 Angelo Thomas Crapanzano Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-2975 I don't understand why you would want to change your name. Wouldn't that be like starting all over again. It's like puting out your first book. I think that you would want to stick with one name and let it become known. If you want to start over again because you got real bad reviews, that's a different story. In that case I think I would give up writing altogether. I don’t understand why you would want to change your name. Wouldn’t that be like starting all over again. It’s like puting out your first book. I think that you would want to stick with one name and let it become known. If you want to start over again because you got real bad reviews, that’s a different story. In that case I think I would give up writing altogether.

]]> By: ada http://www.demimonde.com/2009/11/13/future-writing-names/comment-page-1/#comment-888 ada Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:51:46 +0000 http://www.demimonde.com/?p=1009#comment-888 Yeah, I had the same problem with debris, which I thought was pronounced dehbriss and was a synonym of a word pronounced dehbree, and panache, which I thought was pronounce panakee and was a synonym of pahnash. Now when I was small, I thought there was a disease called ammonia. Yeah, I had the same problem with debris, which I thought was pronounced dehbriss and was a synonym of a word pronounced dehbree, and panache, which I thought was pronounce panakee and was a synonym of pahnash.

Now when I was small, I thought there was a disease called ammonia.

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