On Feb 26, 2:04 pm, Jonathan Sherwood <[email protected]> wrote: > Stross had an interesting take on this in Accelerondo. He laid out a world > where doing something for money became unfashionable; it was preferable to > do something for free and then reap the rewards of the kudos or reputation > you received because of it. Essentially, reputation became the new > barter-esque currency.
Cory Doctorow did the same two years earlier in Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. That's how Cory made his name. There was a lot of talk on the Net at that time or earlier about how important reputations were becoming and noting that message boards were allowing people to vote on other people's status and positing all sorts of changes thereof. In fact, nothing really changed. Sure, a few authors have become well- known and even bestselling for marketing themselves on the web with free content, but a few authors have always stood out because of their marketing. A few groups have become known for their free music. A few have become known for their movies. A few have become known for their blogs. The tools changed but the underlying economic reality still means that to make money their products get sold in the old-fashioned way. Google "reputation economy" for discussion of this. Five years old and already obsolete. Craig, the Guild is most definitely defending an existing business. The audio book business is the one part of publishing that's making money. Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
