Popular Culture V: Publishing

A brief overview of the publishing industry and how it is influenced by advertising and cultural perceptions.

[@AlexanderKoryagin]

As always, thank you very much for sharing your insights, Dr. Cecil!

[@sawyerstudio]

How has your Thus Spake Zarathustra project come along, sir?

[@OGDanielF]

My perception of books historically was that, along with knowledge, it presented some intangible mystery, which I indulged in a lot. But the red pill for me was/is that on shelves are merely the thoughts and ideas of other people...this reduced the allure of books for me. I still read a lot, but the mystery has gone. Yet, again, it is just a person or persons collation or (mostly) lengthy expression of ideas. The books one reads are not from the "ether" or some higher or other dimension, revealing as yet unknown mysteries.

[@TomRauhe]

For every movie, 50%of the total budget is marketing. So after you have blown hundreds of millions on Tom Cruise, destroyed airplanes, stuntmen and special effects... The same amount goes to marketing. That is true of any Film and any budget.

[@alannothnagle]

Excellent insights here, but I‘m not sure how relevant movie ticket sales are. I work on the margins of marketing, and the consumers I observe live for their streaming services, and wouldn‘t know how to spend an evening without their favorite series. Perhaps TV series are like the old installment novels of Dickens‘s day, and I don‘t see how printed or electronic books could ever keep up with their video alternative.

[@cyberpunkworld]

Ah. Work on "what it means to feel attachments." Write it down if you so desire. One note pad. Things that you're frightened of. Things that scare you that prevent you from sharing your food... :)) Then you can go more abstract. Or more concrete. Or both.

[@cyberpunkworld]

Let me give you a hint. It's only the guys that are fond of your work that get your food :)) I think that's a boundary that is futile to try to break :)))

[@alan2here]

unabridged audiobooks :) 🎉 not read by a celebrity, read by one of those couple of guys who seem to read all of them instead

[@dawnbarron5403]

🙏 Promo>SM

[@francismallett5755]

Thought-provoking as ever from the brilliant Dr. Cecil. But aren't those figures misleading? A vast majority of books sold will be cookery, gardening, travel guides, fashion, car maintenance etc. etc.