Comments on: 21st Century Artist Business Models (11) – 1,000 True Fans http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/10/27/1000-true-fans/ The Dream Café Weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matt http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/10/27/1000-true-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-3775 Matt Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:53:00 +0000 http://dreamcafe.com/words/?p=272#comment-3775 Interesting, but skzb is already on my "buy anything from this author" list and I don't see any way that his production can be high enough to hit the $100/year mark. And, if it was, I suspect the quality would be low enough that he would fall off of the aforementioned list. Given how much book prices have risen, I'm now spending about $2K/year on fiction that I read for pleasure and probably over $1K/year on reference books. Interesting, but skzb is already on my “buy anything from this author” list and I don’t see any way that his production can be high enough to hit the $100/year mark. And, if it was, I suspect the quality would be low enough that he would fall off of the aforementioned list.

Given how much book prices have risen, I’m now spending about $2K/year on fiction that I read for pleasure and probably over $1K/year on reference books.

]]> By: skzb http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/10/27/1000-true-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-3761 skzb Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:59:42 +0000 http://dreamcafe.com/words/?p=272#comment-3761 Good post. I'm especially glad that you linked the Scalzi essay, which gives some perspective on it. Even if John is right, and I'm pretty sure he is, the approach has some benefit. I'm glad to see you hitting hard about what to me is the big thing: if you are lucky enough to have loyal fans, don't take them for granted. Good stuff. Good post. I’m especially glad that you linked the Scalzi essay, which gives some perspective on it. Even if John is right, and I’m pretty sure he is, the approach has some benefit.

I’m glad to see you hitting hard about what to me is the big thing: if you are lucky enough to have loyal fans, don’t take them for granted.

Good stuff.

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