Guess Brandon hasn't heard of Wraithmarked, Merrick books. Over 10 per month. Just afraid Merrick/Wraithmarked will over saturated the market and crash special editions

He really does!

It's a very writer-like beard

For real! It’s a shame that BYU makes him shave it so often

Came here to say the same

Wholeheartedly agree. I love the beard.

I'm hopeful. I have three preteen and teenage nieces and a nephew that are obsessed with Barnes and Noble. Seriously they get just excited when someone says let's go to B&N as I did as a kid when someone said let's go to the amusement park.

@@wingracer1614 That’s awesome! I didn’t really get into reading as a hobby until I was about 20-21 and I don’t know anyone besides my sister in law that reads for fun and I was the one who got her into it. I feel like a lot of people don’t understand how peaceful and fun bookstores are and I would’ve never known either if I didn’t get inspired to read “It” by Stephen king but once I went to Barnes and nobles to pick up a copy I ended up getting 5 other books as well and loved them all so I was immediately hooked after that first trip to B&N.

At least we still have libraries...... I hope

Every time I got to B&N, theirs a bunch of kids sitting in the manga section reading. If I bring my daughter, there are always little kids sitting and reading the book available or parents helping their kids pick out a book. I go not as often ( have to control myself ) but when I go I always see children, teens and people around my age 25+ I wouldn't be too worried.

@@cora5864 Manga has absolutely saved B&N. Hopefully they grow up to be novel readers

Grimdark Brandon

Of all the things you could do, I'm so glad you started carrying things, we need more men like you.

He never misses!

Some people are born to carry things, and some people are born to be a man, but this man decided to be both. Truly remarkable and inspirational

@@costelinha1867 Not things, thing. He carries one thing, and the ultimate question is WHAT IS THIS MAN CARRYING?!?!

The reason I'm scared of AI is because I've seen Terminator and 2001 A Space Odyssey. Those movies were cautionary tales, and we're ignoring them.

@@aurthurpendragon1015Spielberg, Kubrick, and Cameron, 3 of the greatest directors in American film history, gave us masterful cautionary tales on AI

​​@@aurthurpendragon1015 imagine believing in holywood film conspiracies lmfao How little can a person know about AI to base their opinion on an action movie this is hilarious.

@@aurthurpendragon1015I'm not saying that 2001 is a book on a booktuber account... :D Our luck is that the director of Dune's next project will be the other book of Arthur C. Clarke. Randevouz with Rama. Considered better than 2001. In addition... we develop AI here. So? It's just a software. Do you know how long it takes? Yo saw what happened this week. The CEO was removed, 500 developer stood up at Open AI, the Chat GPD almost broke. That. The AI at the moment is just a software. We run the CI/CD behind all type of them. If you just left it alone it brokes.

@@aurthurpendragon1015 My concern is less on AI taking over and more on the current, already happening, shit that is going on with it. Fortunately there is a lot of people fighting to make sure the technology isn't abused (any more).

According to other videos he likely wrote it while sitting there. That back hand is off screen too much

He already wrote the whole series and now it’s seeding foreshadowing (I am joking obviously).

@@Desvelar If it was any other writer I wouldnt even think of it being true but it is Brandon Sanders we are talking about so it is a high possibility

On the verge of a golden age? Are you on drugs? Have you read the type of stuff thats being put out by publishers, that are scared to publish straight white guys, who write great books, in favour of minority diversity authors, who write nothing but woke hot garabge, which just turns readers away. Yes diversity is good. But the problem is when you are putting out bad books by diverse authors, over good books written by anyone who is not diverse in anyway, just because equality and equity BS. The publishing industry was always a meritocracy, it worked. It had a couple of gatekeeping issues sure, and that should not have been a thing. But meritocracy works. Its always worked and theres no need to for what isn't broken. Have you not seen the absolute state of Hollywood right now. Diversity hires creating woke garbage and the audience are walking away from Hollywood projects, because they are not hiring the best and brightest, regardless of what demographic the person belongs to. They cast people based on skin colour, gender and sexuality, and they don't have the talent, know how, and passion to create good stories. And theres the pushing of politics. Politics does not belong in stories. The purpose of a story is to entertain you. Not lecture you. Or tell you how to think. And the publishing industry has fallen in to that trap with all genres. And its not just straight white guys that write good stuff that are being demonized and ignored. Theres many poc authors and LGBTQ authors out there, that write amazing stuff and they get sidelined and ignored because they focus on telling a good story, as opposed to writing garbage that push ESG approved political BS. Thats why the industry is a mess and why so many bad books are being marketed so much. Colleen Hoover for example. Her books are terrible but they are only successful due to marketing and early manufactured success to cultivate a buzz around her that attracted the portion of readers who just read the popular thing or the popular writer and then clap like seals over bad writing. This golden age you speak of, is in the rearview mirror and getting smaller. And the next one wont be seen in our life time. Uncut your pearls and get real.

Do you have any recommendations for Indian authors, specifically? I'll admit this isn't something I've ever thought of before, but if there's authors doing it I would like to check them out

I agree I love to see more ideas coming out from other voices.

@@samsthemankright now I don’t think any Indian author can stand equally to Brandon Sanderson, grrm or Patrick rothfuss or Stephen king. But many of us, me included are trying, so hopefully in the future…

@@samsthemank You could try Amish Tripathi's books. His Shiva Trilogy was quite popular in India. Personally, I wasn't a fan but I feel I am in the minority... Also, I feel I didn't give the books a chance.

I would caution against Amish. Personally I think he's an embarrassment to Indian literary scene.

Yup, thats the issue. Poeple will still want human created stuff, but no one will go for an inferior, cheaper option when they can get it for free. Only the highest quality from the most famous will sell.

@@Mramazing103 it's almost like the internet was a mistake. Allowing everyone a voice eventually meant nobody had a voice. Everyone's screaming so loudly nobody can hear a word that's said.

I have a Masters degree and I honestly relate to this comment. Sometimes I think the same thing about myself, like I mentally pause and say, "Damn. Doesn't matter that I got educated, I still sound like the poor Texan that I am." Lmao

Name dropping 3 body problem as well. Much respect.

Funnily enough Sapkowski as much as I love his books (was fan before video games were invented) is total opposite of the person and I still remember his drunken ravings on certain con in early 2000s.

oh yeah, he is a human garbage @@Morfeusm

Got a timestamp?

Best of luck!

This is the way.

I too have the same dream. Hope you keep at it, and fulfill your dream man. I doubt myself every step of the way.

Dude, you only completely fail if you stop writing. So keep writing. You can only win the lottery if you actually buy a ticket.

Story of my life. Whenever I try to pursue a passion of mine all of a sudden new things happen that crush that dream to bits. Being a novelist during the rise of AI is just another stop on the dissaointment train.

I prefer gentlegoblin but thank you ❤

Sorry gentlegoblin❤😅

Cannot get enough of those calves...

They will when they realise that they will have to learn how to use the AI to stay in the industry. In fact, any industry you can think of.

He is typing already in his inner voice connected to Amazon chip in his brain directly to his editor while telepathically creating a merch deal with Spainish toy company

Hopefully that is what would happen... hopefully With what we have seen in recent years nothing would surprise me

Prepare to buy book shelves 😂 I have many

As a pizza and now oxygen driver I got into the same habit. Hell, I still listen to a profound amount of audiobooks at work and throughout my day. However, I recently started making time again to actually read physical books, on occasion. You should try, if you can. It’s a totally different experience and I find that it helps me remember a lot of the smaller details.

@@TheDiabeticGameMaster physical is cool and I get it for things sometimes. Ebooks though on e ink does the same thing as physical for me though. But I definitely agree that there's a big difference from when I read something versus when I listen to it. As a writer myself it also helps me use words more accurately and grow a bigger vocabulary as compared to one I just listened to them. When I listen to them all I get is better scenario ideas and flow not really individual word usage

I've started reading a lot more with audiobooks, but I'm always happy to buy an audiobook trophy for the shelf!

audible will remove books from your library from time to time, when licensing changes; a book may be rereleased with a new id number, or simply no longer be available, and therefore removed from the platform. Luckily, you can download the books in your library, and keep them in your own backups for listening to later, whether or not you have an audible subscription.

Cahill is a marketing master. What he’s done in the last 3 years is incredible.

Which is good. The more authors that can pump out books that are full of quality work is what we need.

He's got a progress bar like Sanderson... I'll have to check out his books.

Well said. Art is a human thing. And only a human thing. We dont need tech or software for art. Accept stuff like word processing software and such of course.

If we replace editors for anything but the grammatical/paragraph level, I think there's no way the work will come out the same way. I think of the stories Lloyd Alexander told about his editor saying stuff like, "There's a whole book missing here!" Or "Why don't you start with a kid who wants to make a sword?" AI might get that kind of thing right at times, but I can hardly believe it would always have the same feedback as a human. I guess that could be good, but it also has the potential to be very very bad.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Animation is great don't get me wrong. And ot does work well for the fantasy genre, but it doesn't work for every fantasy story, and it doesn't need to be every fantasy story adaptation or original. Plus animated stuff is being done too much now. It used to be that an animated fantasy was generally good when one came long. Unless it came from Japan. Japan have always been able to hit it out of the park. But as i said the market has been flooded. Animation is done too much and it needs to slow down, cause too much of a good thing is bad for you. Look at the superhero craze. Marvel and DC were the top of the movie buisness for a long time, but over saturation (among pushing political BS, and casting people who can't tell stories based on what diversity boxes they tick) the market is over saturated with animation right now. Game of thrones (pre seasons 7 and 8) and House of the Dragon reaffirmed what Peter Jackson did with the lord of the rings Trilogy. Fantasy works best in live action. Also the idea that animation can only bring the fight energy required to make a Stormlight adaptation good which is what you implied, is utter preposterous. Either admit that you don't actually know, or come up with a better arguement. Stop hiding behind the shield of "In My Opinion" either stand by what you say with facts, or dont say anything.

@@thedeadd.c.207 Well… given the “fact” that what I said WAS my opinion, I find the demand to prove it with fact to be dumb as shit. Especially since that demand was preceded by, gasp, a litany of opinions. Most are commonly held and accepted opinions, but those aren’t what facts look like. Dumb strike two. But idk, that’s just my opinion… ;-*

@@thedeadd.c.207 Though, I’ll give it a shot. Utter(ly) preposterous, you say? How do you think they’d do it in a live action? I’d assume the same way that GoT made dragons and LotR had massive battles. With CGI. Which is animation. Look at that! I used some facts. Are you proud of me? Facts are fun! I should use them more often. They are SUPER useful. Thank you. Sincerely.

I thought about using AI art but after I found out what it is doing is compiling pieces of other art to build the image I felt that was a bit off for me. There is a difference between being influenced by something so you take after that style and ripping it. I still have to find an artist that would not mind doing a picture for me for my book but unfortunately im also very broke. So I understand the temptation of *free art.

And cults.

Amazon, and Disney, and Google…

They are on my insta if you scroll a bit haha

@@DanielGreeneReviews After scrolling, I have to agree with Brandon, those are great shoes!