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Was John Norman blacklisted? - 3/6/2010 5:10:50 AM

Nephilim

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Was John Norman really blacklisted or was he simply an average pulp sci-fi writer who has been cleared out of publishing houses as normal financial decisions based on his sales and demand vs pay and houses thinking it isn't worth the association with his opinions?

I have enjoyed the books he wrote and am glad that they are generally available but they Are generally available and I am under no illusion that he is either the best or the worst author out there.

In your opinion, is there a feminist conspiracy that has kept him from large publication or does he simply only have a small niche group of readers as most pulp sci-fi authors?

Cherylmazana,
I am blacklisted by major publishers, therefore I must publish my content online. You see there is an evil conspiracy of people who work at publishing houses that require that you have good work, and the ability to promote and sell well to a general audience (or to their niche). That and you have to find them at a time when they are open to new things. I have "self published" several websites that have had millions of readers over the years. I have also self-published several non-fiction works. My girl has self published two novels. I have considered self-publishing a couple of new books, but mostly non-fiction. I have several friends who are "published" in various areas and mediums. (art, music etc) Of course, none of this has any bearing on the question of specifically why JN lost his contract with certain publishers, or if there is some feminist conspiracy. Not sure how this has anything to do with what stands out about the books either. I suppose this is supposed to be some sort of ad hominem attack. Perhaps, since you now know what a vanity press is, perhaps you should look up logical fallacies.

Throughout time there have been many books that were salacious that people could not get enough of. This is why we use the word sadistic. These books always find publishers. See, in the end, if people buy something in droves, there is someone else who will sell it.

To get a book published, it has to be more than "good". It has to be profitable, fit with the publishers type of publications, the author has to be promotable, and the profits of its publication must be better (in the opinion of the publishing house) than anything else that comes across their desk. If a book sells at number 2000 within a genre, that means that they lost money by not publishing one of the the 1999 books that sold better.

Being published, finding a record label, landing a television show, etc has so many people trying and so few accepted that there is no need for conspiracy theories as to why certain people aren't picked up.