But these videos talk constantly. How could watching videos lead to hearing fewer words?
They mention that they didn't test for it, but I'd wager that the parents use of devices results in them speaking to the children less.
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sturz commented on Writing books remains a tough way to make a living publishersweekly.com/pw/b... · Posted by u/gone35
> Most new authors are likely subsidized by their wealthy families.
You think most new authors have wealthy families?
That is a very odd assumption, given how hard it is to write a book... and given how low the returns are... and given how many other ways there are to achieve prestige... and given how little people regard authorship these days as a measurement of it... and given how unlikely it would be for wealth to have an outsized representation in a career generally associated with poverty... and how all old authors were once new authors which would imply that most of them are wealthy too, which, not so.
I'm talking about contemporary literature. It has been this way historically and nothing about it has changed.
sturz commented on Writing books remains a tough way to make a living publishersweekly.com/pw/b... · Posted by u/gone35
I know plenty of authors and none of them are subsidized by wealthy families. All of them do it part time in the evenings out of a labor of love.
It is worth pointing out that there's nothing particular odd if it were the case that writing was subsidized by wealthy families. For the vast majority of the history of writing, writing was subsidized an left to monks, philosophers or aristocrats. It's only been in the relatively recent time period that writing was a potential occupation for anyone interested with enough skills/talent.
In my experience, in NY, the majority of people working in contemporary literature publishing are ivy leage graduates, mostly women, and they live off of their parents. I'm not judging, just stating my observation.
sturz commented on Writing books remains a tough way to make a living publishersweekly.com/pw/b... · Posted by u/gone35
> But that's not even the case anymore - many traditional publishers expect you to market your own work and build your own following. They won't spend marketing resources on most writers they sign.
so is the only reason for using a traditional publisher is the cash advance then?
It's probably the prestige. Most new authors are likely subsidized by their wealthy families.
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Substack has done an excellent job of showcasing how much writers need editors. I live my life in between the two awful worlds of programmers who have never had a humanities class and are therefore functionally illiterate, and writers who are so fearful of technology and are unable to move past the need for a "platform."
The publishers that most writers adore would never profit from white supremacy, yet they are fine with a middleman, no different than airbnb and Uber, that has no publishing standards because self-publishing on a blog or something similar is some antiquated symbol of failure in the modern literary mind.