THE ANTI-SYSTEM ONE
Rare but very present in all discussions and controversies about the publishing world. They hate big publishing houses as such and small publishing houses as such. They don't comment on medium-sized ones, although one suspects they have an unflattering opinion of them too. They feel rage against distributors, most booksellers, and all self-published writers. They'd like to eliminate literary salons, contests, book launches, and any book-related events. They don't read mainstream authors as they're too aligned with crude commercial needs, and they shun small authors, who in their opinion are incapable of convincing Sperling & Kupfer to turn their novel into a bestseller. They have a pessimistic opinion of the average reader, don't trust any publication that hasn't been translated into at least fourteen languages (half of which are dead), and only grudgingly draw from foreign literature, usually from South-East Asia, the former Soviet Union, or the Balkans.
THE BOOK LAUNCH ENTHUSIAST
Like the anti-system one, they don't trust distribution (I must say I totally agree on this point). Armed with iron will, a map, and time, they travel around Italy to place their book. Village festivals, bookstores, libraries, wine-tasting restaurants, rented suggestive locations, highway stops, and their rich aunt's good living room - any place suitable for a presentation is their destination. Now, I have the utmost respect for this type of author because they end up with a good number of sales and because they privilege human connection over web spam and the useless arguments that follow.
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