Re:How the shift to ebooks will affect genre categories in f...
by jlgreco on Saturday May 05, 2012 @11:29AM
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I think an important thing to consider in this discussion is the role of anthologies of short stories.
I suspect because of the economics of paperback length that you mentioned, that seems to be how almost all short stories are published in physical form. The move to ebooks allows short stories to be published on their own which is great and all, but it likely comes at the cost of disincentivizing all of those multi-author variety packs. A good deal of my author discovery has come from those books (for example, I read your 'Lobsters' in one); it would be a shame to see their obsolescence.
Re:How the shift to ebooks will affect genre categories in f...
by pavel_lishin on Saturday May 05, 2012 @03:37PM
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I imagine that blogs acting as curators would pop up, recommending sets of short stories to purchase together. Odds are that they wouldn't cost any more than a collection does now.
I don't read enough. That's because when I'm writing SF as a day job, I have a limited capacity to enjoy reading the stuff recreationally in my spare time.
(I know for a fact that this problem affects many other authors: you don't do for relaxation what you're doing for a day job the whole time.) So I'm not necessarily going to be a very good guide to what's worth reading ...