If the book deal, which was for a lot of money gets pulled, it might. If there's a round two with these fuckers, it might. You know, a good buddy writes for Wired.com....
OP: Do you think it will reach mainstream news sites, like RaceFail did?
Unfortunately, if it did, that would probably be seen as a positive by the publisher. Dutton is not an academic publisher. They want to sell books. Controversy sells books. And most people do not read past the headlines and first few lines of a news story. They are not going to read the nitty-gritty details about ethical problems with the survey; they are going to read "controversial book about sex coming soon," stick that away in a corner of their memory, and move on to the next article.
I have worked for a non-academic, non-fiction publisher. If we had contracted Rule 34, our editorial board would have been thrilled at mainstream news sites generating publicity for it based on SurveyFail.
I think that depends on how close 'asking sexually explicit questions to young teenagers' is to the headline. Publishers love controversy, but only to a point. (I wish some of Ogas' other sins would engender the same level of outrage in the mainstream, but I'm cynical about that!)
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Date: 2009-09-03 04:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-03 04:13 pm (UTC)OP: Do you think it will reach mainstream news sites, like RaceFail did?
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Date: 2009-09-03 04:20 pm (UTC)You made me gleeful.
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Date: 2009-09-03 07:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-03 04:53 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, if it did, that would probably be seen as a positive by the publisher. Dutton is not an academic publisher. They want to sell books. Controversy sells books. And most people do not read past the headlines and first few lines of a news story. They are not going to read the nitty-gritty details about ethical problems with the survey; they are going to read "controversial book about sex coming soon," stick that away in a corner of their memory, and move on to the next article.
I have worked for a non-academic, non-fiction publisher. If we had contracted Rule 34, our editorial board would have been thrilled at mainstream news sites generating publicity for it based on SurveyFail.
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Date: 2009-09-04 01:37 pm (UTC)That's exactly what I was thinking!
Date: 2009-09-04 02:20 am (UTC)they'd be senators.no subject
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Date: 2009-09-04 01:50 am (UTC)Awesome.