Comments on: Epublishers should get their act in order – says Jane of Dear Author http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/epublishers-should-get-their-act-in-order-says-jane-of-dear-author/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/epublishers-should-get-their-act-in-order-says-jane-of-dear-author/comment-page-1/#comment-1095980 Steve Jordan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:06:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=24705#comment-1095980 A lot of good points to the article, though I question one aspect of it: It's one thing to decry inferior works and demand higher quality, and I'm all for that. But the article (naturally, considering the base of Dear Author) proceeds to criticize porn literature for "masquerading as" romance, and essentially labels it "inferior to" romance. To my mind, this is a lot like calling all science fiction "inferior to" adventure literature due to its similarities. A lot of people may not like reading porn, but assuming all of it is badly written simply by virtue of its more graphic subject matter is being overly broad and unfair. I can understand one genre not wanting to be confused for the other... but suggesting that all of that other genre is inferior is, I think, doing both genres a disservice. It could also be considered slightly insulting, suggesting that your audience can't tell one from the other. I think most of us know porn when we see it (intentionally or not ;) ). A lot of good points to the article, though I question one aspect of it: It’s one thing to decry inferior works and demand higher quality, and I’m all for that. But the article (naturally, considering the base of Dear Author) proceeds to criticize porn literature for “masquerading as” romance, and essentially labels it “inferior to” romance. To my mind, this is a lot like calling all science fiction “inferior to” adventure literature due to its similarities. A lot of people may not like reading porn, but assuming all of it is badly written simply by virtue of its more graphic subject matter is being overly broad and unfair.

I can understand one genre not wanting to be confused for the other… but suggesting that all of that other genre is inferior is, I think, doing both genres a disservice. It could also be considered slightly insulting, suggesting that your audience can’t tell one from the other. I think most of us know porn when we see it (intentionally or not ;) ).

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