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It’s Hard Out Here for a Pragmatic Optimist

By On January 7, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Personal, Publishing

“Publishing was never a business based on Wharton standards. It was a rich boy’s hobby.”

–Steve Wasserman (Kneerim & Williams)

Working in publishing isn’t for the meek. Neither is writing for that matter. They’re two things I’m really passionate about, though, and I’ve always counted myself lucky to work in the publishing industry, [...]

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Reflections on, Takeaways from #eBookSummit

By On December 17, 2009 · 11 Comments · In Publishing

“I suppose we could sum up this entire two-day conference under the headline ‘too early to tell.’”

–Steve Wasserman (Kneerim & Williams)

I attended MediaBistro’s eBook Summit this week and Wasserman’s summation is perfect; consumer book publishing is smack in the middle of the digital transition, and solid answers about how [...]

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Your Tools Don’t Matter (Or, Why I Love My Job!)

By On November 4, 2009 · 4 Comments · In Publishing

Why is it that with over 60 years of improvements in cameras, lens sharpness and film grain, resolution and dynamic range that no one has been able to equal what Ansel Adams did back in the 1940s?

Ken Rockwell, Your Camera Doesn’t Matter

First, disclosure: this post is primarily about the day job [...]

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