From Brandon Sanderson: Regarding Audible

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  1. Wagon
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    Sanderson has, since he became popular enough to do so, consistently taken back power from the big publishing houses/distributors. And, sure, some of it doesn’t necessarily translate for much smaller writers. Not many can raise $40 million on Kickstarter to fund their new books. But it’s all still steps in taking back control of the publishing industry, giving it to the content creators.

    I find it noteworthy that, in spite of this, he is consistently mocked and outright attacked by left-leaning readers, writers, critics. He’s doing the sort of trustbusting work that they would typically be in favor of, but they can’t praise it because he’s a square, normie, (dare I say, dorky?) Mormon dude. The Wired interview, John Scalzi’s comments about the Kickstarter… It’s baffling. They hate the guy for no reason.

    Cards on the table: I’m a fan. I’ve read all the Cosmere novels except for the three most recently self-published ones. I eagerly await Stormlight 5. And this is maybe a hot take – but I think that what he’s doing with the Cosmere is better/greater than what Stephen King did with the Dark Tower and related novels. But most fantasy readers will never acknowledge it because of who Sanderson is.Report

    • Jaybird in reply to Wagon
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      The Jason Kehe hitpiece in Wired was bad. It was, like, laughably bad. The author still hasn’t unprotected his twitter and I’m stuck wondering what in the hell the business model of printing stuff like that for a nerd culture magazine is.

      Sanderson is a fundamentally decent guy and we’re lucky to have him.Report

      • DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird
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        It was genuinely surprising they let that get published when the writer spent the entire article teasing the Terrible Shocking Secret Of Brandon Sanderson and then we get to the end and the big reveal is…that’s he’s a Mormon, which we…already knew?Report

    • Brian Koscuiszka in reply to Wagon
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      Sanderson can give a masterclass in how to ruin a book via Kickstarter. Other than that, he’s a solid workman who incorporates other people’s ideas into his work. Hope I never have to read him breaking characters (Jasnah) in order to “go after Trump” again — that was pure cringe, and probably insisted on by the publisher.Report

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