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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Jonathan Franzen: e-books are damaging society
[It is [the] belief in absolutes, I would hazard, that is the great enemy today of the life of the mind. This may seem a rash proposition. The fashion of the time is to denounce relativism as the root of … Continue reading
8 Obstacles That Ad-Supported E-Publishing Must Overcome
["If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." - Frank A. Clark] 8 Obstacles That Ad-Supported E-Publishing Must Overcome By Sean Carton After having had about a week to play with Apple’s new iBooks … Continue reading
Fighting Magazine Nudity With Hijab Fashion
["BoSacks Speaks Out: Proof again that there is no end to publishing and to finding ultra-large untapped niches. Here is a niche that was right before everyone's eyes and yet remained unexplored and, if you will pardon the expression, uncovered. … Continue reading
Interview with the Publisher of Food Network Magazine
["I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a back burner, an old attempt at history may come out of the freezer." - Theodore H. White (English Journalist, … Continue reading
BoSacks Speaks Out: The Dilemma of Being a Cyborg
["BoSacks Speaks Out: This article is not so much about publishing as it is about us. How we think, read, store memories and are in a continual process of thought evolution. In my lectures on the future of publishing, I … Continue reading
In fashion-magazine biz, Vogue still No. 1 / How Vanity Fair’s Ad
["For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned. - George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Winds of Doctrine (1913) ch. 2"] In fashion-magazine biz, Vogue still No. 1 / By KEITH J. KELLY … Continue reading
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Amazon ‘Hit Man’ to Burn the Book Business
["All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the … Continue reading
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Wither the Giants? The Arrogance of Aging Incumbents
["O! it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." - William Shakespeare (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)] Wither the Giants? The Arrogance of Aging Incumbents By David Pakman My … Continue reading
After tough 2011, most monthlies grew in March / Which Mags Were
["A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece." - Ludwig Erhard (1897 - 1977) "There's this big pie in show business, and you physically can't eat the … Continue reading
App Makes Readers’ Thoughts an Open B
["BoSacks Speaks Out: I have been a Kindle user for several years now and the technology to share highlighted sections of books is very familiar and comfortable to me. It is fun while reading a book to see passages underlined … Continue reading