http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-diy-author-returns/ Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:40:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-diy-author-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Pat Holt Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:50:33 +0000 http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/?p=447#comment-395 Ack. I worry about that kind of talk, especially from an editor who should know better. Holt the publisher (no relation to me) has been a breath of fresh air not exactly as "a mid-list driven house that published mainly serious literature" but rather a serious house with a commitment to good writing. The idea of an imprint "positioning" itself like a brand of athletic shoes and being "front and center" of (my guess) a pack of droolers that will compete each other into paying extravagant advances pressures serious writers to make their work more commercial. Good books deserve to be published because they are good. The job of the rest of us is to spread the word about what makes them good. Ack. I worry about that kind of talk, especially from an editor who should know better. Holt the publisher (no relation to me) has been a breath of fresh air not exactly as “a mid-list driven house that published mainly serious literature” but rather a serious house with a commitment to good writing. The idea of an imprint “positioning” itself like a brand of athletic shoes and being “front and center” of (my guess) a pack of droolers that will compete each other into paying extravagant advances pressures serious writers to make their work more commercial. Good books deserve to be published because they are good. The job of the rest of us is to spread the word about what makes them good.

]]> http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/the-diy-author-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-380 jane rosenthal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:33:51 +0000 http://www.holtuncensored.com/hu/?p=447#comment-380 Hey Pat, What's your take on Holt's news today that the Da Vinci Code editor is leaving Random House to lead H.Holt? Holt's comment went something like this: We used to be a mid-list driven house that published mainly serious literature. Now we are re-positioning ourselves to be front and center. Front and center of what? Jane R. Hey Pat, What’s your take on Holt’s news today that the Da Vinci Code editor is leaving Random House to lead H.Holt? Holt’s comment went something like this: We used to be a mid-list driven house that published mainly serious literature. Now we are re-positioning ourselves to be front and center.
Front and center of what?
Jane R.

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