Friday Fireworks
Linking fourth . . .
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” — Benjamin Franklin
- Have you optimized your Amazon page? : me neither
- A fair fair : PW wraps up the BEA
- The blook network : Great, a new way for publishing to descend to the lowest common denominator
- Mulching books : Publishing turns from culture to agriculture
- CS3 gremlins : Imps in the works
- Paul Krugman on the future of publishing : “We are all the Grateful Dead”
- Shading artwork in Photoshop : Dodge and burn, baby
- Are two heads better than one? : Grammar rears its ugly heads, er, head
- Who needs copyeditors? : Certainly not Gene Weingarten
- TV is for the old : That’s what I read on the internet
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Posted: July 4th, 2008 under links.
Comments: 2
Comments
Comment from xensen
Time: July 5, 2008, 5:56 am
Thanks, Tom. I was probably too harsh.
Comment from Tom Masters
Time: July 4, 2008, 12:01 pm
Hi Tom -
I don’t think the blook network forces publishers to “descend to the lowest common denominator.” It still gives them the opportunity to select from writers who have demonstrated they something people want to read. One of the tragedies of publishing today is the millions of copies of books that get pulped because a publisher’s judgment went awry.
Regards.
- Tom