Re:Mislabeled as a Memoirist, Author Asks: Whose Work Gets t...
by macspoofing on Saturday July 02, 2016 @07:15PM
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>You're adding complexity to a situation that doesn't need it, and masking some serious social problems here with what can only be described as FUD
I disagree on both counts. Maybe there isn't a serious social problem here - how do you know?
>Perhaps its a sad fact that the work of women sells more copies when sold as a memoir and the publisher is make a shrewd decision. Perhaps its possible that the publisher is just can't conceive of women in a contemporary way.
This is pure speculation, masquerading as insight. How do you know that your interpretation of this situation is actually correct?
> This is a journalistic work and it should be presented as such because that is that only way to publish it with integrity.
Ok. I have no opinion on the work in question. However, when you take money, you lose flexibility. It wouldn't be the first time that pressure from the publisher compromised the author's vision.
I disagree on both counts. Maybe there isn't a serious social problem here - how do you know?
>Perhaps its a sad fact that the work of women sells more copies when sold as a memoir and the publisher is make a shrewd decision. Perhaps its possible that the publisher is just can't conceive of women in a contemporary way.
This is pure speculation, masquerading as insight. How do you know that your interpretation of this situation is actually correct?
> This is a journalistic work and it should be presented as such because that is that only way to publish it with integrity.
Ok. I have no opinion on the work in question. However, when you take money, you lose flexibility. It wouldn't be the first time that pressure from the publisher compromised the author's vision.