Quote Originally Posted by Blacknarwhal View Post
Truth. Some of the best movies I've seen lately don't come out of theaters or big studios. There's some amazing short-form stuff going on over at YouTube. Thousands of authors with strange new ideas hit Amazon every day. But you won't see it or read it because you've never heard of a one of them.

Marketing, that's where the lack is. Marketing! The art and science of promoting goods and services to a broader crowd to encourage consumption. Get some marketing behind this stuff and Miley Cyrus will never twerk in this town again.
Same with books. Some of the really good books coming out lately are sidelines and indie publishers.

If you like the Steampunk genre (I do) then check out Cherie Priest. Awesome work.