Re: /Survey: Author blogs and political controversies
BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 11/10/2010 10:35:36 PM
1) Are you interested in reading the views held by your favourite authors, or authors that you like in general, on topics not directly related to their books?
Not really, unless they make a well-constructed argument. I hate to read poorly reasoned ranting.
1a) If so, how much does it bother you when you find out their views are quite different from yours, or even offensive to you?
I doesn't bother me a'tall.
1b) If not, can your view of such authors still be influenced by hearing about their views involuntarily?
Yes, they can. My opinion either declines or rises based on whether it looks like they actually thought about the issue they're talking about or are just blow hards.
2) Have the political, religious, social,... views of an author ever been a factor in your decision not to read a book by him or her?
No.
2a) Or in your decision not to buy it?
Well, there are certain authors/organizations I choose not to support financially so, sure.
3) Have you ever had the opposite reaction to such a controversy, feeling more inclined to buy or read books by the author, rather than less?
Yup. Rushdie's works, for example.
4) Do you think, all things considered, that it's a good thing for authors to write on their blogs about things not directly related to their work? Does that enhance the reading experience, hinder it, or neither?
I think it's neither. As far as sales of their books are concerned, if they can spark a controversy, it probably helps them in the end, since it will reach the attention of many people who either agree with the author or are just curious enough to read the stories for themselves to find out. Though I'm not cynical enough to think that that's why they do it (well, OK, maybe some people).
/Survey: Author blogs and political controversies
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Re: /Survey: Author blogs and political controversies
- 11/10/2010 10:35:36 PM
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Took you long enough to post about the Moon article 
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- 13/10/2010 03:18:35 AM
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That would be why I didn't just post about the Moon article. 
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