You were going to be treated to a long, existential and nihilistic post... but then the cat demanded food and my sheer love for him brought me back down to earth.
So, I'll talk about Authonomy instead.
They have implemented some interesting, exciting new changes, wherein people and books are rated and the highest rated books will now be sent off to HarperCollins for their perusal. It's certainly very interesting and I really look forward to seeing how it takes off.
The most interesting thing will be how new books are received and their chances of getting to the top. It's no surprise that the top-rated commenter on Authonomy also has the highest-rated book; a certain degree of clique-ness has been bred into the system, as the people who are the highest rated are rather incestuous with whose books they 'back'.
Though, I must say, the same can be said about myself in the small clique of speculative writers; I'm the top-rated Horror and Sci-fi commenter and I have only commented on speculative fiction. If HC decided to take the top ranked book from each genre, then it may be someone who has my writing on their bookshelf.
Thinking about it, though, maybe the system will sort itself out after a couple of months, when Authonomy is thrown open to the general public and we'll be getting thousands of other books on there. The influx of people will decimate the clique nature of the site and only the strongest books will float to the top.
Now, is that a good thing because I think mine will swim when I'm ready to throw it into the litera-sea (hah!) or a bad thing because I fear the exact opposite?
Saturday, 25 October 2008
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