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marketing & libri & spazi da conquistare

Trovo su Critical Mass e diffondo volentieri, anche perché il post è firmato da Stewart O'Nan, uno tra i miei autori preferiti (da noi, purtroppo, ormai disponibile solo questo) e perché la sua analisi non mi sembra riguardare solo l'America, anzi. Su un paio di punti si potrà forse dissentire, ma il messaggio è limpido e urgente.
Per una traduzione che purtroppo non ho il tempo di fare, ricorrere al vecchio BabelFish (dai risultati a tratti esilaranti, ma che comunque suggerisce il senso generale dell'intervento).
I neretti sono miei. Take extra care.

For the literary novelist, it's not just that there are fewer column-inches out there. The real danger is that what little space is left is taken up by books which are marketing events rather than works in need of a thoughtful critique (Harry Potter, trendy political nonfiction, a celebrity author's latest) or by genre stuff that's essentially review-proof (chick-lit, true crime, mysteries, audiobooks). If you're not a hoary eminence or the new kooky flavor-of-the-month or a boring, important award winner, you're lucky to get any press at all. It's hard to blame book page editors, since they're simply echoing what the industry as a whole is doing, but for the serious writer, the crunch is on from both sides.

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