Check also a CNBC article (5 days old) on why physical printed books still outsell e-books (esp. in the UK). Sometimes fiction that sells well in Kindle does get picked up by trade publishers. And Amazon now has its own physical bookstores, starting in Seattle.
Monday, September 23, 2019
Fact-checking for non-fiction books, an emerging controversy
No, book publishers don’t have a Section 230 because they
are, by tautology, publishers.
But now Alexandra Alter writes for the New York Times, notes
factual errors in non-fiction books by high profile authors. There’s now a debate on who should pay for
fact-checking – the author, or the publisher.
I haven’t heard of this being discussed in the POD industry,
but I would wonder. (Create Space has stopped doing editorial services, but
third party companies have stepped in (Aug 29 post).
My own DADT series is non-fiction, but it is largely (not
completely) built on my own autobiographical narratives. But in various areas, like gays in the military,
COPA, bill of rights, workplace discrimination, I’ve presented a lot of other
materials, usually with heavy endnotes for references (but somebody would have
to look them up).
I did make that one gaffe on the cover of the first printing
of my DADT-1 book (1997) that wasn’t caught until the end of 1998, about the
age of the Bill of Rights.
Wikipedia seems to do its own fact-checking.
Also, as a post on my main “BillBoushka” blog today
indicates, book publishers have to be concerned with “illegal” content, and not
just c.p. There can be issues with publishing
detailed info about certain weapons, even if not formally classified, apparently. Then, there is “The Turner Diaries” and “Hit
Man” as issues of books that might have had real world consequences. We don’t want the world of “Fahrenheit 451”.
You wonder if publishers will worry about new ideas of
wokeness, too.
Check also a CNBC article (5 days old) on why physical printed books still outsell e-books (esp. in the UK). Sometimes fiction that sells well in Kindle does get picked up by trade publishers. And Amazon now has its own physical bookstores, starting in Seattle.
Check also a CNBC article (5 days old) on why physical printed books still outsell e-books (esp. in the UK). Sometimes fiction that sells well in Kindle does get picked up by trade publishers. And Amazon now has its own physical bookstores, starting in Seattle.
Picture: the book tower in the Petersen House across the
street from Ford’s Theater. See my "plays" blog for explanation of the significance.
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