“The gardener’s work is never at end; it begins with the year, and continues to the next: he prepares the…
Category: Media
Commentary on various aspects of publishing and marketing, primarily focused on books, magazines, and social media.
You are not your iPhone, not your Kindle
“Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it.” —Max Frisch That an…
Get Serious About the Business of Publishing
A book’s success is too important to entrust to somebody who doesn’t have a stake in it. Editors are already…
Staying on Message: It’s all about Community
There’s a hand-painted sign that hangs over my desk at work, that my wife picked out years ago at a…
Is Social Publishing simply Vanity Publishing 2.0?
“Yes, Sir, there are many happy people here. There are many people here who are watching hundreds, and who think…
The Bookstore of the Future is… a Tree Museum?
“I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating…
Keep it Simple, Stupid
This fervid desire for the Web bespeaks a longing so intense that it can only be understood as spiritual. A…