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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
> That's an easy one. Corporations, including media
corporations, are
> only open to innovation when the old models cease to
be as profitable.
> That's why, traditionally, it was the network at the
bottom that has
> tried new things. And now that all of them are
taking big hits, they're
> all scrambling for new successful model, be it
denser plotting (Lost,
> 24, Seinfeld, etc) or reality shows. A section of
the book Everything
> Bad is Good for You discusses the increased
complexity in TV (and movies
> and video games, etc).
So, for hardboiled and noir literature that would mean that
the sales in general are falling but the public that remains
is more demanding? The quality of the product that does get
published in those genres is excellent. I don't know what it
is, but it's a shift. Perhaps talented writers who wouldn't
have written in these genres are now choosing to do so?
Anyway, it's good for those of us who do read books
regularly. According to an article that appeared in the
Atlantic a few months ago, we habitual readers are becoming
dinosaurs.
Best,
mrt
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