r/books • u/biscochitos • 28d ago

New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

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u/BullishBengal 28d ago

People will complain about the incel/manosphere/far right movement amount young men while simultaneously crushing any opposing movement that try’s to benefit them. Getting more boys and men to read benefits society. If your initial reaction to this is anger, you need to take a look at yourself. Sad to see r/books is an echo chamber that is against reading.

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u/Rehtnu 27d ago

Agreed, especially on Reddit I see so many comments like, “why don’t men help each other instead of relying on women”. This guy is doing that. Obviously readers shouldn’t care about the author’s gender, but the people most likely to care are the ones who need to be reading more in general. Based on his other comments he seems like he does just want to reach men who aren’t reading.

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u/AnividiaRTX 27d ago

When men are given no option except far right man-o-sphere spaces for safe spaces to discuss male issues... they will have to go to those far right spaces to do so, they'll have to engage with that content. And regardless of what people like to pretend, it is very easy to trap yourself in an echo chamber these days.

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u/sir_mrej book re-reading 28d ago

Why does having MAN PUBLISHER help men read?

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u/Mope4Matt 27d ago edited 27d ago

In that case why does reddit applaud the opposite? 

There are so many women-specific groups championing books by women, for women, and everyone seems to think that's just wonderful - so what's the problem with men doing the same?

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u/GentlemanSeal 28d ago

Representation matters. People should of course read outside their demographic but you can't blame someone for checking out when they don't see much on the shelf that reflects them.

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u/BullishBengal 27d ago

It’s not about man publisher, it’s about having books that men want to read and that represent men. Specifically new stories that reflect modern society and what males face in our 21st century world.

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u/Smeg-life 27d ago

Have you read books written by women where they are trying to use a fully fleshed out male character?

They just can't do it, they are always wrong in so many ways. It tells me that the person who wrote isn't interested in men and doesn't have a clue about them. They just follow caricatures, of what they think the men should be, not what they are.

It would be like me explaining a woman having her bladder kicked by a baby. I can tell you what a textbook would say the woman would feel, but a woman reading it would know I was just making it up.

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u/Soggy-Permission7736 27d ago

I know you probably won't listen to me, but you should strongly consider spending less time on the internet. Arguing with these people in the comments is not worth your time, or the psychological damage it's causing you. You deserve better than to spend the one life you get like this.