“No other serial publications carry a number on them that is of any weight to their readership. The number is there to serve a function, but it has no intrinsic value in and of itself. It's comfort food and nostalgia at best. On this, we follow what you and your fellow readers do more than what you say. We hear complaints about renumbering every time we do it, but every time we do it it results in higher sales, which is the whole ballgame - so if it were your time and your effort, what would you do?” IfsBookWholeValuesResultsNumbersEffortReaderHigherComfortWeightFunctionFellowsNostalgiaComicComic BookComplaintsPublicationSerialsReadershipIntrinsic ValueComfort FoodBallgame Author:Tom Brevoort
“I always have strong feelings when I'm writing a book. Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I even cry when I'm writing. Once I read a quotation that I thought was very true for me, which is: "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader."” WritingBookSometimesFeelingsReadingStrongCryTearsReaderQuotationsWriting A BookVery TrueStrong FeelingReadershipTrueness Author:Eve Bunting
“More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.” PeopleWayWritingYearsMeanCreativePerspectiveReaderYears AgoTwentiesAccessNurtureReadershipDross Author:John Hodgman
“Bringing Mid-World to a new readership felt like a big responsibility, but I'm so glad that readers have enjoyed the story. That is a reward in itself.” WorldStoriesBigsFeltResponsibilityReaderRewardsGladEnjoyedReadershipBig Responsibility Author:Robin Furth