You mean to say that a significant proportion of SFF consumers refrain from buying books by female authors because they're by female authors?
That is not at all what I mean to say.
Editors and publishers, when accused of sexism (as in the links at the top), are frequently saying that they are forced to play to what the market is looking for in terms of whose names go on covers, what stories get bought, etc. That they need to go with market forces or go broke.
I'm asking if that's so, how that situation is changed. I'm not making that statement, I'm asking a question.
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Date: 2007-08-30 07:28 pm (UTC)That is not at all what I mean to say.
Editors and publishers, when accused of sexism (as in the links at the top), are frequently saying that they are forced to play to what the market is looking for in terms of whose names go on covers, what stories get bought, etc. That they need to go with market forces or go broke.
I'm asking if that's so, how that situation is changed. I'm not making that statement, I'm asking a question.