A recent Twitter thread analyzing the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards highlighted a striking trend: the near-total absence of white male authors across categories.
I added about half a dozen new authors through the Based Book Sale. A couple books were not quite as expected, but others were great. BUT - more authors as suggestions to friends and to younger men.
Adventure and achievement sell to young men. Point them to based books, and not the druggwd pap in the mainstream.
The Based Book Sales can be something of a crap shoot. I very rarely gate keep, so some of the novels are first time efforts by inexperienced authors - many of which lack reviews. There's a real joy, though, in finding the diamonds in the rough hidden in the list, and many times an unknown author bubbles to the top and gets some significant and well-deserved attention.
Basedcon was an awesome time when I went last year. I recommend it to everyone looking for a gathering a new and established creators who have new stories to tell!
I added about half a dozen new authors through the Based Book Sale. A couple books were not quite as expected, but others were great. BUT - more authors as suggestions to friends and to younger men.
Adventure and achievement sell to young men. Point them to based books, and not the druggwd pap in the mainstream.
The Based Book Sales can be something of a crap shoot. I very rarely gate keep, so some of the novels are first time efforts by inexperienced authors - many of which lack reviews. There's a real joy, though, in finding the diamonds in the rough hidden in the list, and many times an unknown author bubbles to the top and gets some significant and well-deserved attention.
Basedcon was an awesome time when I went last year. I recommend it to everyone looking for a gathering a new and established creators who have new stories to tell!