Im really against commercialization of Wattpad stories. Nung unang beses na may mapublish na Wattpad book, sobrang naexcite ako at natuwa para sa author na yun. Nakakaamaze kasi na mapansin ng publishers yung mga stories na kinakakiligan natin sa Wattpad. But now? Nakakadisappoint. One of the stories have been published already if given the chance, sana pala hindi na lang ako pumayag. Sa tingin ko kasi, these publishers are taking advantage of aspiring authors from Wattpad. Yung mga istoryang yan (kahit pa puno ng emoticons from the jeje days of Wattpad like one confession here said), pinagpaguran yan ng mga authors, binuhos nila yung efforts nila diyan and during those times, wala namang nag-eexpect na mapapapublish sila, hindi ba? Pero sa tingin ko, hindi yun naaappreciate ng publishers at nangongolekta lang sila ng sikat na stories at authors (regardless of the quality of the stories) para lang sa profit nila. In return, they give both readers and authors low quality books (in terms of the physical book and the editing) na produkto ng mass production while not treating the authors with the respect that they deserve pag natapos na ang pirmahan ng mga kontrata, naoobserve ko yan sa mga status ng published authors at sa sarili kong experience. I would admit that most published stories are not really up to the standards of what should be published as books. Aminado akong maging yung kwento kong napublish ay hindi pa umaabot sa standards na yun. Kaya hindi na rin nakakapagtaka na maraming nagccriticize sa published Wattpad books ngayon. But I dont think thats the fault of the authors, na ngayon ay tumatanggap ng bashes. Kung offeran ka ng publishing contract, mahirap tumanggi, kahit pa alam mong hindi ka pa ganun kadeserving. Kasi isang step yan para matupad yung mga pangarap mo. But sana naman, yung publishers din, tulungan maggrow yung authors tutal pinagkakakitaan na nila. Sana mas maging mapili sa pagpupublish, I dont even care if I dont get another chance to publish another story, at least alam kong yung tunay na deserving lang yung mga nakakarating sa bookstores, hindi yung nag-uumapaw lang sila sa shelves ng bookstores na mahihirapan ka nang maghanap ng isang istoryang gusto mong bilhin. Theyre used to be glory and pride in getting published but now? It doesnt feel any special. All you have to do is getting enough number of reads and votes and you get published, regardless if your story need major editing because of your plot holes, the publisher wouldnt care, they would just edit on the surface (grammar, spellings, etc.) and let you wait for months for a book that you dont even have any idea on whats the status regarding its publishing (read statuses of published authors, ano mang publishing company sila kabilang, they have the same problem). And all the while, youre being mocked by other people who call themselves educated or book critics. Wattpad being mainstream is dazzling and all. But lets not forget what we really loved about this site and lets not be fooled by profit-hungry capitalists. Thank you. -K
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:06:40 +0000
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