[Stylist] paperback books

[Helen Kobek]

I, too, used createspace, and my book's were transferred to KDP Automatically, so I've not had the need to upload to KDP. Hmmm....

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>   1. Re: Blindness matters (Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter)
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> From: "Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter" <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Blindness matters
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> Chris,
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> I don't disagree with you, but there are also examples of literature showing
> more positive examples. I'm not saying it's still not the exception, but for
> example, YA books like Girl Stolen by April Henry and Not if I see you First
> show capable, independent blind characters. Is everything right in these
> books? No, of course not, but they do show a very different version of
> blindness than some literature. So, there are publisher's willing to accept
> these stories. But yes, in general, there's still a long way to go.
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> And with nonfiction, in my experience, it really depends on the
> editor/publisher. With my work, people seem to want to hear a story about a
> capable blind person, and I've read some memoirs by disabled people
> demonstrating the same mindset, like Nancy Mairs, who is probably the
> example for all nonfiction writers wanting to write about disability.
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> Bridgit
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> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Blindness matters
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> Bridgit,
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> You bring up some very interesting points. Although the two examples you
> point out could be viewed as positive, I doubt the reality of the examples
> the author wrote about. I'm sure the grandma on the bus still worried about
> her grand daughter getting around--she just wanted to boast that she didn't
> need a guide dog.
> As for positive portrayals of blind people in the media--unless the
> publisher/editor was referring to NFB literature, I'm not sure what media
> was being considered. There was a TV show a couple of years ago, with JK
> Simmons as a blind dad. The show had many faults, including that the Dad
> faked he could see, but generally he was capable--and I think the network
> pulled the show after 5 or 6 episodes.
> Although you are absolutely correct that better than good writing is
> imperative to finding an agent/publisher, I believe agents, publishers, and
> the consumers of media are still mostly interested in heartwarming,
> overcoming the tragedy of blindness type stories/essays/books. If a
> character in either fiction or non-fiction is simply blind, and not
> pathetic, traumatic, prophetic, or pulling at the audiences heartstrings,
> there is little interest.
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> Chris
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> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:52:21 -0600
> From: Sarah Harris <sarahandfamily04 at gmail.com>
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>   good evening. Has anyone made their books available as a paperback?
> If so, what company did you use? in the past, I used createSpace, but
> I'm not sure about uploading to Amazon.
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