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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Commerce and Art, Art and Commerce
I want to address a few things that have been discussed here and elsewhere around the internet expressing antipathy toward the publishing industry. Now, I try and sort out the sorts of comments that are thinly veiled variations of "the publishing industry would be making money if only they published MY book" vs. actual constructive criticisms that should very well be absorbed and can be learned from. Tomorrow we'll have a big ole You Tell Me about all this, but in the meantime I thought I'd frame the coming debate a bit.
A lot of people feel that the publishing industry needs to publish new and varied voices rather than the supposed same old stuff that you see on bestseller lists. No more same old same old! The publishing industry would make more money if only it didn't publish commercial schlock.
Or to distill it still further to show precisely what I'm getting at: the publishing industry would make more money if only it didn't publish and promote the books that sell really well.
Uh... QED?
Now, let me say that investing in new, talented voices and sticking with them is something I can really truly get behind. As the industry moves to a blockbuster model, it risks missing people who don't break out in a major way on the first try. That's a shame. Jason Kaufman at Doubleday stuck with a little author named Dan Brown, who then wrote THE DA VINCI CODE, and now he owns like seven countries.
But it seems to me that if you think the publishing industry should publish more books with artistic merit... that isn't exactly a sure route to a better bottom line. Either the publishing industry should focus on the bottom line and it should publish what sells, or it should cast profit to the wind and publish what it feels are the best books period.
Or, better yet, a mixture of the two. Which is basically the industry you have now. Is it perfect? Nuh uh. Could the publishing industry be smarter? Yuh huh. But better commerce through lack of commerce is not a very appealing path to restoring the health of the industry.
64 comments:
- Dave F. said...
Sometimes I think that too many journals and magazines and publishers demand "quality literate writing" that is just plain boring or obscure to the neglect of an interesting story. But that could just be me.
Writing should be enjoyed by the reader. Some publishing professionals forget that. Look at Abe Lincoln scholars, a prolific body of written work that keeps growing. That's a fan base.
- November 11, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- Erik said...
It's not an either-or kind of proposition.
All manufacturers have to generate excitement even as they keep the old. For example, cars are re-designed but keep the same brand name.
The problem with the industry, IMHO, is one of scale - that everything has to be done on a large, national scale that feed the large, national media. It's unreasonable to take a chance on something completely new with that constraint.
There has to be a system where new authors have a chance to be tried out, generating excitement. Then you have a larger pool of "tried and true" to draw from. It takes a lot of time and investment to do this, but it's what is necessary.
So to me, it comes down to long term versus short term thinking. Nearly every industry that's found itself at this kind of crossroads has gotten there by short term thinking, so publishing isn't any different from your basic manufacturer of widgets. That means there's probably something to learn from those that survived this kind of situation.
- November 11, 2008 at 2:31 PM
- Corked Wine and Cigarettes said...
It's funny you should bring this up. In light of what looks like the blossoming of my publishing career, the mrs. and I have been disagreeing on what exactly it is I do.
She says it's art. I don't feel that way. I also don't think my writing holds up to the likes of those writers that do amount to artists.
But I do think I'm a decent enough storyteller. So, a publishing industry that refocuses on those books that have greater artistic value, to put it bluntly, screws me.
So I'm okay with the blockbuster model. But I also agree that the publishers need to invest in their new talent. Give them the chance to find their foundation and confidence to write.
Wow. Could I be any more self-serving?
- November 11, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
Hi, Nathan,
Great post! I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's "You Tell Me" debate. I try to follow publishing trends by reading news articles about changes in the publishing industry as they occur. For some time now, I've felt that the not-so-well-written-but-really-hot-topic books help keep the publishing industry afloat while it continues to publish other incredibly well-written books, in the same way that both really bad and wonderfully artistic movies are made by the film industry. There are a lot of fantastic books out there; and, to the great credit of readers, many of those make the New York Times Best-Seller List. My concern in recent years has been that, across so many industries, so many mergers and acquisitions took place that only a handful of businesses now remain in many fields. It surprised me when publishing began using the same business model. Last I read about it, there were only five major publishing houses in the entire world after all the mergers and acquisitions, and one of the big U.S. bookstore chains actually bought up a major distribution source for POD books. Some people feel that consolidation like that is a good thing because huge companies have more financial resources to create products; other people feel that the variety in types of products (books, in the case of publishing companies) become severely limited when the number of companies is limited. Personally, I don't think I have enough information to make a definitive statement about all of it. I do think, though, that exorbitantly huge consolidation of wealth in only a handful of companies is problematic in many ways, both during times of success and times of failure. What do you think about those trends, or is that a better topic for tomorrow?
- November 11, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- David said...
I don't know if the publishing industry would make lots of money if they published my book, but it would certainly be nice of them to do so, and isn't the publishing industry all about being nice?
- November 11, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Actually, the problem is consignment versus wholesale.
The publishers and booksellers are going to have to bottom out before they get to doing business like the rest of retail.
- November 11, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Yeah, definitely. Not necessarily the only problem, but definitely a really big one.
- November 11, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- Erik said...
Anonymous, you're spot on about consignment. Publishing is a lot like many other industries - until you get to that weird problem. And it's gonna take a concerted action to put a stop to that - likely followed by an anti-trust suit. Ug.
- November 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM
- David said...
People have been complaining about returns for ages, but the system hasn't changed. Is it really likely to, just because of the current economic mess?
- November 11, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- David said...
Hmm. Maybe I skepticismed too soon:
- November 11, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- David said...
Sorry. Here's a clickable version of that link:
- November 11, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- MoJo said...
Sorry about that anon above. It wasn't letting me put my login in for some reason.
Is it really likely to, just because of the current economic mess?
I think so. It'll take a long time and a lot of people are going to go out of business before it happens.
Think about this factoid that's been going around the 'net for the last week about Borders not paying its distributors for 2 months and could they please send more product.
C'mon. Show me another product pipeline that operates that way and succeeds.
This is the fulcrum on which this distribution model is going to break.
PUBLISHING will live. People have books to write and people need books to read. Books will not suffer. They will survive some way, somehow.
Learn it, live it, love it.
- November 11, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- Adaora A. said...
Great post. I think it should be a mix of the two. If you have just a few great books making a killing, it's putting too much on too little. If you spread it out a little bit and release books that would appeal to people who aren't big readers (and wouldn't otherwise be interested) then I think the industry would make more money. I think it would be better for everyone. This discussion reminds me of the NBA players (who shall remain nameless) who wanted to vote for McCain because they felt President Elect Obama (!!) would tax them too much. And as I was making french toast and sausages this morning for my family I discussed this with my sister. I said, "You know, I love my NBA boys but sometimes some of them are not seeing the big picture. When you have few people worth billions of dollars and other people waiting in the wings (living below, just at, or a little above the poverty line), then it's just not good for buisness. Those chaps need to understand that if the economy continues to tank their millions in bills become nothing more then toilet paper and thick doodle pads." And my twin sister agreed.
Basically what I'm saying is that when you spread things around it's better for everyone. Prosperity and variety go hand in hand.
- November 11, 2008 at 3:15 PM
- Deirdre Mundy said...
Yeah, I'd say the Borders going under isn't a problem with PUBLISHING---it's a problem with how Borders was running their business...
Which will hurt publishers, but shouldn't make them rethink their line-ups.
What I'd like to see is more publishers selling direct from their websites, with deals that actually make them competative with Amazon (And maybe some browsability features?)
Also, I think publishers should try to publish debut authors who will go on to be dazzlingly popular. Like Naomi Novik! I want another writer as much fun as she is, but whose books come out in the fall instead of the spring, so I have cool books all year!
Oh, and, of course, the publishing industry would be miraculously healed if only it were to publish my nearly finished novel! =)
- November 11, 2008 at 3:18 PM
This is a quote from the wikipedia article on Elvis regarding his movies:
"In 1964, Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole had starred in Hal Wallis' acclaimed Becket. Wallis admitted to the press that the financing of such quality productions was only possible by making a series of profitable B-movies starring Presley."
Like marilyn peake said, the publishing industry seems to be doing the same thing, esp. re: celebrity authors (and their ghostwriters).
- November 11, 2008 at 3:19 PM
- Mark Terry said...
Things I would like to see the publishing industry do differently, but YES, I do understand that it's difficult to make changes.
1. Scrap the current returns policy. No, I don't think it's going to happen, but I think it's anachronistic and hurting the industry now.
2. I would like to see the publishing industry put aside larger portions of their budgets for marketing; you know, the way every other industry does. I understand that, for instance, people do not go, "Ooooh, a new Bantam book, let's go out and see what Bantam's selling these days." No, people say, "OOoooh, a new Mitch Albom, gotta get it." Nonetheless, the publishing industry really only seems to market a few of their top authors and treats the rest of their list like spaghetti they toss against the wall to see if it's ready.
We were watching the beginning of "Saving Private Ryan" and explaining the essential philosophy of the invasion of Normandy to my 15-year-old, which was: throw as many men as possible at it with the sure knowledge the casualties were going to be absolutely shocking. In retrospect, that strikes me as being the publishing industry's strategy as well. Throw a ton of books at the reader with the sure knowledge that only a couple of them will take off. And once we figure out which ones take off, we'll support them with money and marketing, etc. Until then, try not to die.
3. I wonder, with publishing moving toward a blockbuster model, why publishers haven't moved to focus groups the way movies, TVs and everyone else has. (I have a friend who runs a consumer research company and you'd be amazed how much money there is in this field for all sorts of companies--car companies, toy stores, resorts, newspapers, hospitals, banks--all wanting to figure out how the consumer views their services. But I don't sense that publishing does this. Their focus groups are all internal--the sales department, the editors, the editorial board--and it makes the publishers rather isolated from their own consumers.
4. Editors must read for pleasure, the types of books they publish, including several bestsellers they despise. I'm just sayin...
- November 11, 2008 at 3:35 PM
- Tim said...
Good post, Nathan. In the face of our Schadenfreude Uber Alles theme song everyone seems to be singing at the top of their lungs, a little balance is much appreciated. I've had to start supplying tissues to catch the tears falling from my Publishers Weekly email subject lines every day. The economy just isn't looking bright these days. And since the book biz is part of that economy, I think we all need to *inhale, exhale, repeat* until we get things in focus. Thanks for being the voice of reason once again!
- November 11, 2008 at 3:36 PM
- Crimogenic said...
I agree with Mary Tery about scrapping the current returns policy. It doesn't make good business sense. Maybe bookstore chains will push back, but really in this situation, who has the power: I'm thinking mostly the publisher. Also this is why I think the ability to purchase online is a good answer because there is that ol' movement toward POD. In a way, perhaps, the publishing industry has slowly started toward fixing some of it's problem with POD.
- November 11, 2008 at 3:43 PM
- Crimogenic said...
Oops, I meant Mark Terry :)
- November 11, 2008 at 3:44 PM
It strikes me that the biggest problem is something that everybody seems to know about, the whole consignment versus wholesale distribution format. Everywhere I look everybody seems to agree that this is an inefficient and poor way for an industry to function. So I guess the question is, what's the reasonable likelihood of something being done about it? And I mean on a large scale, an industry wide scale, rather than merely dappling in change here and there. Or, maybe a better question, what's stopping something from being done? This sort of change obviously seems good for the publishing industry... but what about the bookstore business? You look at Borders and see how they're struggling... and that's with the current system, which seems to favour the stores over the publishers. Can they survive a change? How hard will they fight it? And what sort of changes in the bookstores would be created by a shift from consignment to wholesale purchasing?
I started wondering if book prices might drop, as publishers would no longer have to write off so much for returns and pulped books. Or perhaps that extra money could be shared with the stores to offset the risks of wholesale purchases. Or perhaps it could be invested in POD capabilities for the major publishers, allowing a more efficient way to distribute products to the bookstores in a timely fashion.
I also started wondering what a wholesale bookstore might be like. If they can't return books they will likely buy less initially, being more cautious. And then they will still have lots of books that won't sell as well as hoped, and these will take up shelf space. Do they pulp the books themselves and accept the loss? Or do they have seasonal clearance sales, like you see at a Gap. Whole sections of books with prices slashed... Deals to be had! And writers and publishers will have already made confirmed (and unreturnable) sales, keeping them consistently afloat. It would be up to the bookstores, perhaps, to then manage their stock, balancing sales figures against time and shelf space to determine what stays and what goes. Would they be motivated to sell books across the spectrum, as they've already made the investment? Writers would be safe, at first, as publishers wouldn't drop them on account of piles of returned books and a poor sell through rate... but bookstores would then determine whether or not to buy in the future based on the sales (and the losses incurred) by a particular writer.
So, as much as publishers might like a new model for the industry, how much will bookstores resist? What kind of showdown would this be?
I can't help puzzling over the story on the mass October returns by bookstores, so that they could gain credit to buy new books for the Christmas season... while at the same time railroading all the publishers (and particularly the small ones, it seems). Were they unaware what this would do? Surely not? Or were they simply uncaring? Us versus them? Except these are not competitors, but their own suppliers. How can they see it as healthy, in the long run, to knock down their own supply system? And then kick the poor supine fellows when they're down? It seems sort of cracked, at least to my thinking. It makes enemies out of allies (or at least those who should be allies).
So, is it at all reasonable to expect any change on this front? What are the practical stumbling blocks to such a transformation, beyond the simple shift in mindset needed?
Word verification: gracaine. I don't know what that is, but I need me some.
- November 11, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- clindsay said...
Hi Marilyn -
Trust me, there are far more than five big publishing houses. I know it may look like there are only a handful of publishers in the United States because the general public usually only hears about a handful of them, and usually only when they have A.) paid an extraordinary sum of money for something, B.) banned or censored something or C.) laid off employees.
But there are hundreds of healthy mid-sized publishers in the United States, and even more small publishers that still manage to produce good books. There are also quite a number of large textbook publishers still thriving. (And I'm not counting vanity presses.)
- November 11, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Thanks for that thorough analysis of the returns model. Bob Miller at HarperStudio has announced that he's trying a no-return model -- we'll see what it happens. If there is a change it's probably going to start on an experimental/trial basis, everyone will see how it goes, and then proceed from there.
Either that or a major shock to the system will lead to someone trying to break the model.
It's not something I personally have much (er, any) influence over, as we agents have to work with the industry we're given, but I'm as curious as all of you to see how things will change.
- November 11, 2008 at 4:07 PM
- Shawn S. Deggans said...
I was once told by an author that publishers will not capture, act on, or report any type of demographic marketing data. Do you know if this is true or not? If it is, do you think this could be part of the losses the industry is facing?
- November 11, 2008 at 4:08 PM
- heather said...
I'm thankful for the big names with big sales. Those big sales may help someone like little ole me get her foot in the door (jam it through the door is more like it).
- November 11, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Thanks Nathan,
I think one of my worries about the wholesale system might be that slowdown of turnover. No returns means the books stay on the shelves... stores have to sell them (or pulp and take the big hit themselves). I can envision mass sales, clearance style, but I can also envision a slower turnover rate... which means less purchases, less titles being taken on, and maybe then less titles being published, less new writers being picked up. It's a concern. I'm curious as to how it will all play out, both as a writer and a bookstore owner (used, mostly... the enemy! Hang me from the yardarm! Well, if you have a yardarm. Which is unlikely, so I might be safe...)
- November 11, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Yeah, that's the concern. Bookstores could grow more conservative with their ordering, there could be further downward pressure on prices (and therefore royalties) because bookstores would be slashing prices in order to clear inventory. What HarperStudio wants is a scenario where the publisher and bookstore share in the risk of an unsold book a bit more evenly. But it's still somewhat uncharted territory for the business.
- November 11, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Mark Terry just made my point that I tried but failed to make in Nathan's last post...
...2. I would like to see the publishing industry put aside larger portions of their budgets for marketing; you know, the way every other industry does. I understand that, for instance, people do not go, "Ooooh, a new Bantam book, let's go out and see what Bantam's selling these days." No, people say, "OOoooh, a new Mitch Albom, gotta get it." Nonetheless, the publishing industry really only seems to market a few of their top authors and treats the rest of their list like spaghetti they toss against the wall to see if it's ready...
After getting a huge shove as a lead title, I read Frank Portman's, KING DORK. LOVED it. I shudder to think of all the other books I'd love if only they stayed on a shelf for more than five minutes so I could buy them. Too few lead titles. Too many so-called mid-list books that never get a chance. Yes, I call that the publisher's fault
- November 11, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- Furious D said...
I do a blog about the business behind the movie business and there's a little commandment that I say that studio bosses do not follow: DON'T FORGET THE AUDIENCE.
I say one of the biggest problems with Hollywood is that it's a very isolated community with very little connection to the audience. So you get obscure, often grating "art" films, oversized, oversimplistic blockbusters, and very little in between that can be both challenging and entertaining.
Some could say that the publishing business has a similar problem, but I'm not an expert on publishing.
- November 11, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
Hi, Colleen,
I was referring to the really huge conglomerates, e.g. Bertelsmann which has owned a huge number of the largest book publishing houses. By 1999, these are the comanies owned by Bertelsmann:
A while back, Publishers Weekly published an article reporting that five publishing companies made most of the book-related income worldwide.
- November 11, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- sex scenes at starbucks said...
This might be a question better suited for tomorrow's discussion, but does the publishing industry do market research beyond considering what sold well in the recent past (ie names and genres)? And if they don't then who out there is a marketing genius who can work that angle.
It seems the movie industry has it figured out a little better than publishing. They have 2-4 year lead times on production and yet film after film after film sells millions of tickets. If publishers could duplicate that success just think where we could end up.
Granted, they aren't the same business, but film is a competitor for entertainment dollars and a paperback costs roughly the same as a movie ticket.
Thoughts, Nathan or anyone?
- November 11, 2008 at 4:59 PM
- sex scenes at starbucks said...
And yeah, I agree, Furious D, that the film industry does forget the audience--however, no one can deny they're making a bundle, either. So how can the book biz do it better and more profitably?
- November 11, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- Marilyn Peake said...
Colleen -
Ooops, I guess the link was too long. I'll try breaking it up into separate lines:
I don't know how to make a link clickable here. :(
- November 11, 2008 at 5:17 PM
- lotusloq said...
Wow! Some serious opinions on this one. Bodes well for your "You Tell Me" tomorrow.
I think there has to be a balance between commerce and art. A lot of writers want to push the art side, and in some ways I think we have to in order to get those published, but not everyone is equipped to handle the complexities of art and those who are equipped don't want to read art all the time.
The vast majority of readers just want an escape when they read. Is that so wrong?
This makes me think of how in a high school (and probably college too) the money made from football supports all the other sports and yet those who play the other sports resent it and all the support and money that the football team gets. I'm just saying...
- November 11, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- Stacey said...
My frustration with book stores, is sometimes I hear of a book years later, and I go to find it and they don't have anymore. I know it wouldn't be profitable for them to have every book in stock, but if they did have it at one point, and then return it...they just lost money.
I also agree with the first comment by dave f. "Writing should be enjoyed by the reader." And the truth of the matter is, most readers like commercial fiction. So I say keep publishing it and we will keep reading.
Great post. It really made me think about some stuff.
- November 11, 2008 at 5:20 PM
- Jeanne said...
Something about the discussion on yesterdays post reminded me a bit of the discussion whirling about the Auto Industry.
As I've mentioned before, my husband, manages a BMW dealership. BMW is NOT leading the way in electric cars or cars that run on french fry grease and yet, they are one of the few auto makers still making a profit. Even though that profit was very tiny last month, they still came out ahead while GM and Chrysler are on life support.
People often ask my husband when BMW is coming out with an enviro- friendly auto? And while, he doesn't know everything they are up to, as of now, BMW isn't promoting any new invention to the wheel to their U.S. dealers.
My husband says that the problem is that everyone these days says they want an auto that doesn't use foreign oil, and they want to save the environment, but the vast majority of Americans do not really want to own one. Not unless it is exactly like their tride and true favorite gas guzzling models. A lot of people just don't understand that an enviro-friendly car that runs like, looks like, endures like, their favorite high line auto, just doesn't exist. The great hybrids that are out there are not going to be engineered exactly like Mercedes and BMW. And few people grow up dreaming of making a ton of money and owning a hybrid auto. But, teenagers today are still salivating at the idea of making it big and buying a BMW, or other high line car.
So, my long winded point is that until people (and I don't mean trend setting, smart, folks) are truly ready to put their money where their good intentions are- no industry is going to change to suit. All industry is about money. And even if industries are tanking financially, they aren't going to cast off their earners for newer/better/smarter plans until they know for certain the majority of spenders/mainstream people are really going to be satisfied.
In hard times, they are more likely to cling to what pays - like the blockbuster book- than EVER.
Just a thought.
- November 11, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- Just_Me said...
Not so much new voices or books that don't sell, but a wider variety needs to be on the shelves. That isn't the fault of the publishing industry, that's the the sellers fault.
When I go to a store and find six new titles in the genre I want to read, and all six titles have the same theme, I wind up going and looking back a few years for a used out-of-print book that suits my mood.
Maybe it is the fault of the publishers to some extent. But I don't think they intentionally buy trends. They buy good books. Over the years they buy and sell thousands of wonderful books. But if the full selection isn't available what is the reader to do?
Am I expected to buy extra copies of a book that I already own because nothing new is coming out? I might, if my older copy is torn past the point of use (or a friend stole it). But when I hit a bookstore it's to find something new to fall in love with. If I find an author I love I stock up on their books. I own them all.
Going to the store to find my collection at home is better than what Borders, B&N, or the Indie bookstore offer is disappointing.
I guess it boils down to this: If you want my money, give me something worth my investment. Give me a good book. Not a book the critics acclaim. Not a look Oprah waxes poetic about. Give me a book that I want to read.
- November 11, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- Simon Haynes said...
Nobody can blame the publishers. They print exactly what booksellers are asking for, and they're asking for more of what sells.
What sells? Blockbuster titles by well-known authors.
If you want to change the system you have to get the book-buying public to buck the trend of the past 100 years and take a risk on unknown books by authors they've never heard of.
Good luck with that.
(I'm posting as an unknown author with four novels in print. I know the score, and while I may not like it I believe it's just the way the system works. ie s-l-o-w-l-y. Keep writing, keep hoping my publisher doesn't drop me, steadily build a readership.)
- November 11, 2008 at 7:14 PM
- Orange Slushie said...
i work in publishing and it's a fact that the books we love to publish (and do publish, usually after big long fight with the men in suits who report to the shareholders) are not the ones that pay our overheads and keep us employed. a couple of famous backlist titles outsell everything new we publish, year after year. that's the reality. books we think have oodles of 'literary merit' sink without a trace. it must be remembered in this kind of discussion about blockbuster vs literary publishing that what has 'literary merit' is a SUBJECTIVE assessment. oh, and that most of the book-buying public prefer commercial genre fiction. let's not get precious, and let's remember that there is room on the bookshelves of the world for all sorts of books.
Nathan, why don't you run this You Tell Me: you go down to the crossroads and make a pact to have your novel and future novels published. you are given a conditional choice. either you can receive the highest literary acclaim for your work, but a guarantee that you will never earn enough to give up your day job. or you can always be considered a terrible hack, but make bucketloads of cash. which do you choose?
- November 11, 2008 at 7:25 PM
- jo said...
Schaedenfreude is my favorite word. Does that make me a bad person?
- November 11, 2008 at 7:25 PM
- Gay said...
Am I the only one who is ga-ga about the KINDLE??? In this world of vanishing rainforests, I personally don't want to own hardcopies of most books again...
I think they're good things for authors. While I can't share my books with friends, at the low prices I pay, I don't really much care--and there's something to be said for carrying around 40 books in my purse without looking like a Sumo wrestler. It's also great for exchanging chapters with my critique buddy.
BUT it's going to change the industry, especially the brick and mortar booksellers, the warehouse people, the folks who run the presses and the ones who make the ink.
Publishers won't fare too badly because productions costs go down; in fact, it will become less risky for them to bring new authors like me (still looking for that break) into the fold. Amazon's happy because they've still got their online sales. The author gets his/her royalty payments, and the agent gets paid, too--so I don't expect they're crying, either. And America can read more conveniently than ever before (no glare, no book trying to close when you read one-handed). Lots of reasons why we need them in the rough times ahead, I think, but there are definitely some folks who are going to be hit hard if this new way of reading takes off the way I think it will.
I thought I would hate eReaders (I hate reading on my computer) but I was wrong. They're the only way to go for me, now.
- November 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM
- Janet said...
It's the returns policy that's nuts. There is no other industry I know of that works this way. I think the publishers should all get together and refuse en masse to accept it anymore. It's up to a local bookstore to know its clientele better.
And I am of the heretical opinion (seeing as I'm an aspiring writer) that publishing fewer books and getting behind them more would also probably be beneficial to the publishing industry.
- November 11, 2008 at 8:28 PM
- benwah said...
I don't often comment here, but I'd like to commend Nathan for using schadenfreude, easily one of my favorite words.
The publishing industry (like a representative democracy; like the healthcare system; like nearly any other human endeavor) is flawed. Could it be better? Sure. But it also does a remarkable job of doing what it does, which is to provide commercial works and literary works -- as well as those that span the gap. There's cost shifting going on; people may whine about Stephen King or Grisham (or before them, Dickens) being authors who pander to the populace. But it's the money they generate that allows much of literary fiction to be published. A simplified model, to be sure. But let's not toss the baby out with the bathwater.
Particularly because that's impossible.
- November 11, 2008 at 9:37 PM
- Court said...
Gay, Here, here. The Kindle (and ebook in general) is where I think the future lies.
- November 11, 2008 at 9:38 PM
- AstonWest said...
One day, my concept for a new state-of-the-art bookstore will come to fruition...and revolutionize publishing as we know it.
Until that point, we'll just have to watch publishing fall apart for a while, and then come back, then fall apart again, and then...
- November 11, 2008 at 9:40 PM
- Suzan Harden said...
An agent during a pitch session once asked me a variant of orange slushie's question - do I write literary or commercial fiction?
To answer o.s.'s question, I'd rather be considered a hack. I write for entertainment. If I can make a c.p. snort coffee out their nose and ruin a keyboard, then I've accomplished my mission. I want the opportunity to do the same for J.Q. Public.
- November 11, 2008 at 9:57 PM
- Madison said...
I'll just let what comes come. I can't do a whole lot to help the pub industry right now to get out of its slump anymore than I can really help America, but I'll just continue to write the best stories I can. That's what really counts, anyway.
- November 11, 2008 at 10:16 PM
- Polenth said...
A lot of the 'publish more books with artistic merit' arguments are really 'publish more books I enjoy and don't bother with books for everyone else'. If one of those people got to choose what was on the shelf, it would mean less diversity in books.
Ideas for promoting new authors are a good thing. I like finding new authors. But it should be for all new authors, not only the ones writing literary masterpieces. We need books for everyone, not just one group of readers.
- November 11, 2008 at 10:21 PM
- Adaora A. said...
Hmm...after all this discussion I'm trying to think back and remember if Oprah's Book Club picks books that are already vice versa or whether she plucks a book from obsurity and makes it a massive (doubly more then if would be otherwise) bestseller.
- November 11, 2008 at 11:31 PM
- Simon Haynes said...
"which do you choose?" (re hack or literary writer)
If hacks write books which entertain, then I'm a hack and proud of it.
I guess it's a bit like landscape artists vs house painters. The former can sometimes makes you go 'ooh', but the latter is in constant demand.
Must go - the paint roller is drying out.
- November 12, 2008 at 2:43 AM
- Diana said...
I just want to express my appreciation for your use of the word schadenfreude.
- November 12, 2008 at 3:15 AM
- Ulysses said...
It seems all the best words are German. Schadenfreude. Zeitgeist. Kindergarten...
And lets not forget Bratwurst and Lager.
- November 12, 2008 at 8:49 AM
- Liz said...
Re what should publisher's publish, I'm a fan of voting with my pocketbook. I want to see more strong women in fiction - so I buy those stories. Sometimes it takes some hunting to find what's new and different. So much the better.
I think part of the motivation behind the call for a less commercial-success-driven publishing market is the desire to believe that what we all really want and appreciate is High Art if only someone would give us more of it. Come on. What we want is to be entertained. And sometimes that comes from lower places. Ahem.
On the pub industry business model - I'm just starting to learn about it, and Holy Cripes you mean it's all on consignment??? So that's how that little indy pub house just got wiped out by One Month's Worth of Returns??? Y'know, among my clients, I represent a vid game developer/publisher, and their products are relatively small and light - not so much shipping costs, and if something doesn't sell, they Don't Want It Back. Shred it, dance on it, build a hamster funland with it, but Don't Send It Back. It's not worth the cost. Sometimes a new developer (3 kids working in their mom's basement who just made their own game and it's good enough that we take a risk on it) doesn't get this and tries to negotiate hard to keep track of the inventory. It's kinda cute watching reality dawn on them.
I love this quote from Reidy in the linked article:
"Reidy urged publishers to do the hard work of making entire catalogues available as e-books for electronic reading devices, to create possibilities for print-on-demand when a title becomes slow selling, to design new work flow and supply chain practice systems, and to delineate new policies to address complicated issues such as international territories, pricing, the security of copyrights and royalty rates for those formats."
My only correction - making catalogues ready for e-distribution, at least technologically speaking, isn't "hard work". The hard work will come in when the pubs have to go back to review all of their contracts to see whether they got the rights they needed for e-publishing, and then go back to the authors to get those rights nailed down. What a nightmare. But for *new* acquisitions - hopefully the contracts are more forward-looking now. Not that I'd know, not having been offered a deal yet.
- November 12, 2008 at 9:25 AM
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- November 12, 2008 at 9:27 AM
- Heather said...
It seems like a hard blend--the mix between the fact that publishing is an industry with shareholders and profit margins to consider and the fact that they're essentially tasked with producing art and knowledge. I think it happens in movies as well--the Oscars celebrate the cerebral and the box office champions the action (to over-simplify that industry).
If someone ever knew how to perfectly blend the art and it's commercial production, they'd be a genius.
- November 12, 2008 at 9:39 AM
- shilohwalker said...
But it seems to me that if you think the publishing industry should publish more books with artistic merit... that isn't exactly a sure route to a better bottom line.
Nothing against books with artistic merit, but I read for enjoyment. I do enough expanding my brain trying to explain the world to an inquisitive 9 year old, an even more inquisitive 7 year old and whatever brain cells are left over from that are destroyed by the oh-so-rotten two year old.
I read to enjoy, and I read and buy a lot. So if the books take a trend towards artistic merit, there will be plenty of readers who just stop buying.
There's a market for both...for the commercial fiction and for more artistic fiction. But trying to load the market down with 'literature' for whatever reason isn't going to solve anything.
- November 12, 2008 at 10:27 AM
- Marilyn Peake said...
Hi, Simon,
I don't think you qualify as a "hack" writer - too many awards and great reviews; way too much crisp, clear writing. I clicked on your name, and realized that I've been to your website before, checking out your books. :) I'm a big fan of well-written sci fi and fantasy.
- November 12, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Publishing or not publishing certain books really isn't what ails the publishing industry. It's their antiquated business model. There's a discussion on another blog regarding the ridiculous returns policies of publishers, as one example...that in itself is a killer...the publisher basically takes all the financial risk while the chains virtually take none. Also, the publishers need to rethink how they market their books. While I love going to physical stores, it is much easier and in most cases economically cheaper to buy online. Why is Amazon doing so well? Because of their brilliant and effective business model...small inventory, no physical stores, low overhead, high profit margins (relatively speaking for selling books as opposed to say selling computers, etc.) The Kindle is yet another example of Amazon taking a brilliant innovation and running with it...publishers need to sit down and run their businesses like a business. They need to get down and dirty and figure it out. Maybe sit and talk with the likes of entrepreneurs like Bezos and Gates, etc. and learn from them.
- November 12, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Do publishers really bear most of the blame? They're still (so far) profitable even as they, as you write, assume the burden of risk when it comes to returns, not to mention paying a whole lot of money just to have certain books stocked prominently. Even with that sweetheart deal Borders is seriously struggling.
- November 12, 2008 at 11:42 AM
- Zoe Winters said...
My take is that I get publishing is a business. I also get publishers operate on very thin profit margins most of the time.
I think more small publishers make room for more books to get published. But I don't think it's reasonable to expect Random House or Simon and Schuster, etc, to publish arty books that may or may not sell.
I think there are two main problems in publishing. 1. The bookstore returns policy. It sounded like a good idea at first, but really, it's stupid.
Because it's not wholesale, it's consignment. And publishers should not bear the entire brunt of financial risk. Bookstores need to step up and own their own buying decisions.
If they can't take the risk, they shouldn't be in this business. They should open a flower shop instead. And that goes for the chains: Borders, Barnes and Noble, etc.
2. Time lines. Without the bookstore returns policy this wouldn't exist. But as it stands, the major chains send books back within a couple of months on receiving them.
If it's a new author, or not a bestselling author, it might take more than 2 months to build an audience.
The only solution I can see for authors in this mess, is to build their following first. Ebooks, podcasts, etc.
Nonfiction authors need a platform, but clearly fiction authors do too, unless they just want one published book.
Since "staying publishing" is more difficult these days than "getting published," "getting published, isn't even currently on my radar.
- November 12, 2008 at 12:00 PM
- Zoe Winters said...
And, sorry that comment was so long. It's not until I hit the send button that I get the full force of how wordy I can be! :D
- November 12, 2008 at 12:07 PM
I think that if there is a problem with the publishing industry it is a matter of not taking full advantage of the changes in how products are sold.
Many retailers now provide online shopping services that are going quite well. Amazon.com is, I think, becoming a major book distributor and a few key strokes will walk you through a massive bookstore.
In addition, major advances allow for ezines, ebooks and Print On Demand. I have seen POD hardcopy books and they are just as good as anything bought in the stores.
In addition, I recently sought two Reader's Digest books which had been out of print for many years. A few keystrokes and I found both of them! One was local and I had it in a few days. The other was in the UK and the biggest cost was postage.
So, in my opinion, in the current economic situation and with a rapid change in personal shopping habits, the publishing industry has no choice but to change.
How many newspaper sales have plunged as people - LIKE ME - prefer to read online instead of having a piece of rag paper get ink all over my fingers and hands.
- November 12, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Scott said...
Sounds to me like the publishing industry could use its own cable network. Book TV on C-SPAN2 just ain't gonna push units.
But marketing a variety of authors, film-like reviews, highlighting sleeper titles and those authors buried by the consignment model, etc. would make great viewing, in my opinion. Amazon is a place to search, and the reviews are helpful so I have my book there, but certainly we can have more TV hosts pushing books than Oprah.
Games have a channel (G4), films have several, IFC has their own network – so where's the books? I've found something close online, such as booktelevision.com, but I just get the feeling that more can be done for authors pubs believe in before stores, with their limited and busy spaces, make the orders.
- November 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- Zoe Winters said...
That's true, Scott!
Publishing is fascinating. It should be a televised spectator sport!
- November 12, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- Simon Haynes said...
"I don't think you qualify as a "hack" writer - too many awards and great reviews; way too much crisp, clear writing."
This is me, getting all embarassed and stuff. Thanks ;-) Now all I need is for some forward-thinking publisher outside Australia to recognise the "artistic merit" in my books.
Love the word verification: telly. How did they know I was a brit?
- November 12, 2008 at 8:29 PM


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There is a wonderful new website, "Why I'm Catholic," or www.whyimcatholic.com. Among the many stories on this site is the one told by my friend, Richard Sherlock, Professor of Philosophy at Utah State University. Richard, who was received into the Catholic Church just this past Easter Sunday (2011), is a convert from Mormonism. He begins the account of his journey in this way: One should never leave the religion in which one was born or raised for anything but the most serious of reasons. Warm f … [Read more...]
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I could live with Kurt Sauer's hit on Andrei Kostitsyn. It's a fast game and it happens when people are hitting others – the arms come up sometimes to protect themselves and near the boards is always a dangerous area to be. What I don't get, however, is what Georges Laraque was supposed to accomplish.
There are only a handful of teams out there who dress their tough guys fairly regularly: Montreal with Laraque, Minnesota with Derek Boogaard, Pittsburgh with Eric Godard, Atlanta with Eric Boulton, Anaheim with George Parros (who is on a scoring streak), Buffalo with Andrew Peters, Calgary with Andre Roy, St. Louis with Cam Janssen and now David Koci, and the Coyotes with Todd Fedoruk and Brian McGrattan. It goes without saying that coaches choose to play these players 2-5 minutes a night to ensure the safety of their star players, but it does take two to tango, and what if the opposition refuses to fight and pull a Sauer? Instead of dropping the gloves with Laraque, he choose to do it with a much smaller Tom Kostpoulos, who in the process is made to look absolutely silly. So… what's the point of dressing Laraque? Sauer refused to dance, and there was nothing the Habs, Sergei Kostitsyn, or Laraque could do about it. Obviously there was some sort of thought in the back of Guy Carbonneau's head that told him Sauer would willingly respond to Laraque and keep the "fighter's code," but he didn't.
Of course this brings us back to the "unwritten" code amongst NHLers, in which borderline hits on star players have to be answered, but Sauer was always in the driver's seat. He made the hit and dictated how the Habs would respond. This also goes back to the Ottawa-Buffalo brawl, in which Lindy Ruff sent out Peters and Patrick Kaleta (EDIT: not Kaleta, but Adam Mair and Paul Gaustad as PeterS points out) on purpose against Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley to avenge Chris Neil's borderline hit on Chris Drury. The Sens made the hit, and in the process made the Sabres look like a goon squad with Ruff taking the brunt of it.
So what does having a "heavyweight" accomplish? The only upside is that it's supposed to protect your players and intimidate the other team, but judging from Kostopoulos' face it sure didn't do anything to faze Sauer. Teams that regularly dress their heavyweights are wasting 2-5 minutes of ice-time per game, instead of giving that ice-time to quality players. If heavyweights are supposed to dictate the tone of the game, or even just to provide some sort of spark, the Habs and Laraque failed miserably in that department. Sauer's not dumb enough to take on Laraque, and I don't imagine many players in the league are. So, really, what's the point?


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Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are heading home from Euro 2012 after England were beaten on penalties by Italy.
Roy Hodgson's side clung on for a 0-0 draw after extra time and had the edge in the shoot-out when Riccardo Montolivio fired wide. But Ashley Young hit the crossbar and Gianluigi Buffon saved from Ashley Cole before Alessandro Diamanti rolled in the decisive penalty.
Oxlade-Chamberlain was an unused substitute but Walcott came off the bench on the hour mark. He looked a threat when England broke, sending in one cross that was almost converted by Young.
Earlier, an entertaining quarter-final nearly began with one of the goals of the tournament but Daniele de Rossi's first-time effort from outside the box crashed off Joe Hart's right-hand post.
England squandered an early chance of their own when Glen Johnson rounded off a move he had instigated with a close-range shot that forced Buffon into a fine save.
Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck also went close for England in the first half but Mario Balotelli had three clear sights of goal - and failed to convert any of them.
The trend for missed chances continued into the second half as De Rossi fired wide from six yards and Montolivio shot over after Hart had denied Balotelli.
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An "I told you so" to Portland City Council...
I sent this last night, 1-09, hoping that they might read it before dipshit dubya aired his juvenile analysis of the situation.
Big demonstrations here tomorrow and Friday to send a message to Congress that this is madness...to be following a madman's dictates on how to "win" an occupation?!?! How goddam Orwellian can we get?!?!
He is gone in six months...mark my words!! He will either have a bunker moment and bump himself off, or his father will do it for him...
I remember an old camp anecdote about a letter from a son to his Dad, and the ending line was, "...so sad, too bad...your Dad!!" Never thought I would revisit that...life is weird!
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Hello Commissioners,
I apologize for deluging you with some very hard-hitting and poignant journalistic analyses of the Constitutional pickle America finds itself in. However, since I was part of the impeachment movement that presented to City Council numerous times since May, 2006, and that met with each of you and your staffs, to explain why Portland City Council should have been doing everything within its power to raise a voice against a looming Constitutional crisis...I feel it is my responsibility to make sure that you are up to speed on what is about to occur.
George W. Bush unilaterally decided to ignore the election results of 11/07, calling for an end to the Iraq occupation, and then to ignore the learned recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, calling for the withdrawal of troops from the Iraq quagmire. Instead, he favored the chickenhawk concepts of "doubling down" and a "troop surge", to "win" the unwinnable?! Of late, as he has done throughout his two illegal administrations, Bush is choosing to completely shred the U.S. Constitution in potentially the final two destructive gestures of his catastrophic Presidency... his reckless decision to escalate hostilities in Iraq through adding fuel to the fire, contrary to Congressional directive, and the looming decisions to invade Iran and Syria, and to purposefully stir tensions with North Korea.
Almost forgot to include some horrifying information on what service members can expect to face if and when they ever do come home, but I will leave it to you guys, at your convenience, to keep an eye on www.vawatchdog.org.
In closing, I certainly hope that City Council and the Mayor are on top of a rising tide of the hostile treatment Portland residents are experiencing in interactions with the Portland Police Department. The Chasse killing, and the 10/5/06 peaceful demonstration, corralled by Portland PD in riot gear,are two of the most recent newsworthy events that should have prompted some proactive measures to protect the citizenry from what seems a growing machismo among the department.
Thank you and good luck to us all!!
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Published: November 6, 2013 - 03:54 PM | Updated: November 7, 2013 - 06:37 AM
There was no drama or awkwardness when Kristen Mummey and Celia Cristofoli met each other for the first time in the summer of 2012.
Instead, there was an instant bond that continues to today as Hudson makes its first state volleyball semifinal appearance in a Division I match with Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame at 2 p.m. at the Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State University.
Mummey and Cristofoli are seniors on a Hudson team that defeated Jackson and Wadsworth for a regional championship, Kent Roosevelt and Walsh Jesuit for a district title and Nordonia for a sectional crown on its path to Dayton.
"I am really proud of every single person on our team for stepping up," Mummey said. "I am having the time of my life."
Neither Mummey nor Cristofoli, who are each 17, were born in Ohio.
Mummey was born in Minneapolis and lived there and in Madison, Wis., briefly before her family moved to Hudson when she was 2½ years old.
Cristofoli was born in Louisville, Ky., and lived there briefly. Her family moved to Greenwood, Ind., when she was a child and then relocated to Hudson before her junior year of high school.
"It was like an instant friendship," Cristofoli said. "Right from the start of team camp in the summer [of 2012], we were friends."
Mummey recalls meeting Cristofoli for the first time and said: "Ever since that day we have pretty much been best friends."
Mummey, who is a 6-foot-3 College of Charleston recruit, has 185 kills and 62 blocks this season. Cristofoli, who is 5-9, has added 123 kills and 226 digs.
Jordan Mackay, a 6-1 junior, has contributed 179 kills and 45 blocks. Sophomore setter Amanda Przybocki has 331 assists, and junior Sarah Young has totaled 275 service receptions and 223 digs.
Coach Jessica Ciborek and assistant Annie Pinegar took over the Hudson program three years ago and posted records of 13-11, 19-8 and 21-6 heading into this weekend.
"Annie and I are really proud of how the girls are playing," Ciborek said. "They are playing as a team. They are a resilient group of kids. It is pretty awesome to see them peaking at the exact right time.
"Team chemistry is important on any team, and these girls all get along. They trust each other and they know each other's role on the court."
Senior Georgia Lindner and juniors Gina Holland and Allison Rense also contribute with sophomores Maddie Przybocki and Olivia Baumhoer and freshman Alena Madar.
"I am so excited to go to state with these girls," Cristofoli said. "I wouldn't want to do it with any other team. I am so lucky that I moved here and get to play with this group. These girls all welcomed me with open arms when I got here before my junior year. I was lucky to know someone going into the first day of school. They were all eager to help me transition into being a student at Hudson and became my friends quickly."
Mummey, Cristofoli and Mackay are tri-captains and powerful hitters at the net.
"I am trying to look at the other side of the court and see where the holes are," Mummey said of her approach to spiking. "I know that every time I get set up I need to translate that into a point for our team when I can.
"I get so excited for any big play that we make. I always get excited every time my teammates or I slam the ball down hard. It is awesome and gives us momentum."
Mummey and Cristofoli also credit their coaches for helping them improve.
"Jess and Annie have brought the program a long way," Mummey said. "My sophomore year we took on a team motto of 'Building success.' We have great coaches who are relentless at pushing us to be successful."
Ciborek and Pinegar consistently mentor their players on the many aspects of volleyball.
"Jess and Annie have brought experience and a high level of competitiveness to our team," Cristofoli said. "They give us an edge with their knowledge of volleyball."
Ciborek grew up in Fairview Park and graduated from Rocky River Magnificat (2003) and Seton Hall University (2007 bachelor's degree in biology and 2010 doctorate in physical therapy). She played volleyball at both levels as a libero.
"I no longer play volleyball competitively," said Ciborek, who is married with a newborn child and is a physical therapist at Akron Children's Hospital in the sports rehabilitation department. "I am coaching and loving it. I can never really give up the sport totally. This is how I stay involved in the game."
Columbus St. Francis DeSales and Toledo St. Ursula Academy will meet in the other Division I state semifinal at noon today. The championship is at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Michael Beaven can be reached at 330-996-3829 or email@example.com. Read the high school blog at http://www.ohio.com/preps. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MBeavenABJ and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sports.abj.


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Friday, November 04, 2011
The Best President Ever On Trans Issues
The 'Obama hasn't done anything for the gay community rant is getting about as tired as hearing the fiction that Lady Gaga does so much for the LGB(t) community.
From where I sit, President Obama has been the best president ever on transgender issues and let me count the ways in doing so. If anything else happens trans wise in the Obama Administration, you'll find it in this post.
Signed the Byrd-Shepard hate crimes bill (2009)
Signed the UN Declaration On Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity
Became the first president ever to name open transgender appointees to his administration
Appointed the first transgender DNC member ever in Diego Sanchez.
Conceived a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders — the nation's first ever — funded by a three-year HHS grant to SAGE
Appointed Amanda Simpson to his administration as a Department of Commerce senor technical advisor (2010)
New state department rules allowing passports with proper gender markers to be acquired without surgery (2011)
Closed door meeting with trans activists (2011)
Social Security Administration stops no match letter policy. (2011)
Banned job discrimination based on gender identity throughout the Federal government
Housing non-discrimination regulations from HUD.
AOD 2011-3, the US Tax Court ruling that allows you to deduct your expenses from SRS off your taxes
As more trans related policy comes out of this administration, I will edit this post to reflect that.
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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) issued the following statement today after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released this year's version of the House Republican budget:
"Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released the 2014 Republican budget, "A Path to Prosperity: A Responsible, Balanced Approach." Contrary to its title, the Ryan budget does not take a balanced approach to deficit reduction. Rather, it looks to balance the budget on the backs of children, seniors, college students, working families and the most vulnerable in our society.
Not surprisingly, the Ryan budget proposes to end Medicare as we know it and dramatically lower tax rates for wealthy Americans. We deserve better. The American people rejected these stale ideas last November and the Congress should reject this recycled partisan manifesto them once again."
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Me and my wonderful husband serve God. Blessed with twin girls 2/11/11. <3
I am wondering why she has so much control and you and the boy's father have so little.
Divorced mom of one awesome boy born 2-3-2003.
Me and my wonderful husband serve God. Blessed with twin girls 2/11/11. <3
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I could speculate on ideas for why this might be but they would be issues in her marriage and not something you can do anything about.
I guess my focus would be on keeping good boundaries in your and her communication or refusing to talk to her and only talking to your ex.
I would encourage you to be in touch with his school directly to see if they notice what she says.
I would also urge you to consider doing anything you can to retake custody- even if that means returning to his area. I wouldn't allow my child to live in a home where he was disliked. I would move mountains to get back to him. However we are ld ncp here so I know what I am suggesting...we know dh's children are well loved in their custodial home but were we to doubt that I think there is nothing we wouldn't do to rectify the situation.
I guess one other thing is that you may try talking to her directly about this matter and suggesting to her that all her complaints it sounds like she resents caring for him and or dislikes him- and then listen to what she says...she maybe shocked by that and realize something. YOu may discover that she is resentful for reasons you can control (maybe you don't pay cs or don't pay medical or childcare or are slow to pay).
I could suggest child development books but i am doubtful that she would recive such advice well from you.
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I tell my dh often that he is primarily responsible for his kids in our home not me so if there is something I am doing wrong he has an OBLIGATION to tell me- to stand up for his kids. I don't ever mean to do wrong, but they are not my kids. I love them but they are not my kids so I might not see things the same for them as I would for my kids- he HAS to advocate for them.
Thankfully in our situation that hasn't been nessisary but I 100% reject your assertion that he can be a good father and still ignore this kind of mistreatment of his child. Either you or the child is exagerating or he is not a good father! I just don't see any middle ground. I guess that if you know he is a good father than you can take comfort in the fact that, despite how thigns appear to you and despite how your son plays your emotions, things are really fine in that house and sm really treats him well. I do know that my skids have told their mom some real whoppers about how I treat them (and about how she treats them!) that is pretty standard for kids in divorce to play house against house.
I don't understand how you can live out of country and not pay cs, you are not taking half the time or half the expense. I think you should pay cs if you are anything less than half time. That might help with her restentment a TON. Many men are unwilling to demand their non custodial ex wife pay cs out of silly pride or some such patriarchal emtotion and that leaves a huge financial burden on a sm who either has to juggle finances and maybe drop things her own child needs- in order to meet the needs of your child. That is a sure fire way to set your kid up to be resented in his custodial home.
My DH had a similar issue with his ex's former partner. He did nothing, leaving it all up to his ex, though he knew she wanted to leave the guy and was unable to at the time. Finally she did leave the guy and it came out how ugly things had really been at home. Now DH has to live with the realization that his DS suffered all that time because DH wasn't willing to rock the boat. While this situation is somewhat different from yours it illustrates what's at stake.
One perspective is that while it is a big PITA for you to speak with this woman, it may actually be damaging for your DS to be partially raised by her--even if he does not get as annoyed by it as you do right now. He does not know how to set boundaries for himself yet and needs you to both protect him and model good boundaries. Try to take the long view--in ten years, looking back, what will have mattered most about this situation?
This situation gives me big shudders, but don't have any constructive criticism to offer- it might be worth a chat with a lawyer about this though.
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Originally Posted by FEDUP
My son did not want to leave his town and school, that is why he is why his father and stepmother. I would have LOVED to have him with me, and our bond is very close, but this was better for him to stay where his grandparents are as well, but he just didnt want to leave his school. I will be there next month, anyway, so thats not the issue. Custody is joint custody arrangement. She has ALL the control. If I chose not to speak with her again, can I do this?
Originally Posted by FEDUP
First of all, ds is NOT abused in anyway(other than probably emotional)
I think you should go get your son ASAP if at all possible in any way. A month is a really long time to a child that age, heck even to me as an adult. Either that or ask your son if he'd rather live with you. I know you said he didn't when you first left, but maybe his mind has changed now that you've been gone and is too scared/inimidated/thinks you'll say no, w/e to ask?
I was emotionally abused and belittled as a child and never knew it til I was an adult. I cannot even BEGIN to tell you what that does to a person. Thanks to that I now have a very struggling relationship with my parents. I was never physically abused but sometimes think maybe that would have been easier. Emotional abuse is never to be taken lightly. I would do anything, and I mean ANYTHING to stop my dd from being emotionally abused. Sell my house, quit my job with nothing else lined up, move across the world, you name it I'd do it.
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|she just I dont think can handle high spirited children, so she seems to think something is wrong with him ALL the time.
I agree with the short answer too. No, you dont have to talk to her, and I want to give you a pat on the back for trying. That kind of effort does make a difference for a child to see.
And a big to you and your ex for working out a comfortable custody/cs arrangement. I understand how difficult they can be at times.
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New development today. Ds is at my dads 4 days a week during the summer holidays for a couple of hours each day as sm is going to college. I called him today over there and he told me there was a big fight last night between his dad and her because his dad found a recorder by the phone and found out she has been recording every call ds and i had, ds has with his friends, HER 18 yo has with his fiance and calls her hubby(my ex) has with people. OMG.
Ds was upset about this too. The reason ds knows so much about the marriage is the fact that she does not hide it from him if they are arguing she will yell at ds' father in front of ds and he knows all the business. Not good either. Ds also told me today she spanks him occasionally. She knows how I feel about spanking. (SIGH) He will still go over there when i move back as his school is a super good one and out of my district so he will live with them during the school days and be with me on non school days. But at least I will be there. Thanks for hugs, I need them!
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I have to say, I think at this point I'd be trying to get back home as quickly as possible- I forgot you were in the UK atm, whereabouts??- or invite your lad out here for a visit. You know, Europe, culture, history, etc. Flights are getting cheaper these days.
I don't think there's anything gained by telling her you don't want to talk to her, though: it allows her to explore her full depths of immaturity. In retrospect, it would be easier to just ignore her.
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I would reach out to him with a simple message-
I am not interested in any further communication with your wife. I need to communicate with you regarding our child.
I would do it once in all the media you have at your disposal (even gossipy family)
Then I would not answer her calls or if you do accidentally simply say calmly "I am sorry I can't speak with you is my son or my ex availble?" and begin to document denial of contact (if you are kept from talking to your son if you wont' go through her) and lack of effort on the cp's behalf to facilitate a relationship with the ncp parent.
This documentation will take you to court.
Get a restraining order against her if she continues to contact you unsolicidedly esp if she keeps talking to you about things not kid related.
That or just keep listening and ignoring her.
from what you describe though you paint a picture of a woman who is left doing all the childcare for your child- your ex (her husband and your child's father) sounds incredibly uninvolved in his son's life. You keep saying he is a good dad but I struggle to see that. I must say I don't think that "good parents" allow anyone (including themselves) to be mean to or snark about the other parent in this way. I think that denegrading one of the child's parents is abusive to the child.
I think you need to realize that he is either checked out or complicit in her behavior- either option is not good for your son.
But also, you need to print and save the emails. Treat every contact with this woman like you were taking her to court. I know you hate to live your life like this, but you may have to protect your son. Never be anything but polite and COLD, deadpan, no emotion with this woman. It will serve you well, even if you have to cry into your hubby's arms.
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i think pausing is going to be easier
(wait a mandatory ammount of time after each press for audio to play)
as far as stopping audio in it's tracks while playing, i can't say if
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possible to stop speach kit audio while playing.