james_davis_nicoll | Discontent amongst the Puppies

Discord between at least one Puppy and Baen. The obvious test is to buy one of the dead books and see if the sale shows up in their next statement.

Perhaps worth noting that Chris Anderson's Long Tail theory was interesting, somewhat intuitive, and a great story ... but appears to have been pretty conclusively disproven. Instead, "product variety is likely to increase demand concentration." (Italics mine.)

https://mackinstitute.wharton.upenn.edu/2017/is-tom-cruise-threatened-an-empirical-study-of-the-impact-of-product-variety-on-demand-concentration/

cf also https://medium.com/before-the-dot/the-long-tail-when-a-famous-theory-got-almost-all-wrong-12d3c6eb0de9

Edited 2020-08-27 22:48 (UTC)