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Boycott Amazon for Prime Day
July 12, 2019
“Prime Day” is a “holiday” made up by Amazon to juice their bottom line by encouraging shoppers to lock themselves into the Amazon ecosystem by paying $119 a...
Lunchtime Links, 6.21.19
June 21, 2019
I read a lot online about publishing, journalism, money, etc., and thought you might be interested in some of what I’m reading. If you’re not interested,...
Ch. 7: What does it cost to enter publishing?
June 16, 2019
Around this time of year, I start hearing from recent graduates hoping to get into the publishing business. While I enjoy meeting with them and am inspired...
Ch. 6: Tariff troubles
June 5, 2019
President Trump’s recent announcement that he wants to dramatically hike tariffs (fro 10% to 25%) on a huge range of consumer goods and materials shipped...
Ch. 5: The Best Publishing Events
May 28, 2019
Over the past few weeks, as I’ve wrapped up The Next Page and prepared for Book Expo America this week, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what makes a...
Ch 4: Bad News for Booksellers
May 5, 2019
Baker & Taylor, one of the two major book wholesalers in the US, just announced that they are exiting the retail wholesale business. I believe this is bad...
The Next Page
April 25, 2019
Publishing has an innovation problem. Well, publishing has a lot of problems, and innovation is one of them. I have spent the last five years deep-diving...
Ch. 3: Run a Website? Create a Print Legacy
April 16, 2019
I was absolutely crushed to hear that another bright light of the digital age, The Establishment, is ending their run. Their farewell letter, like everything...
Ch 2: Pondering public funding
March 17, 2019
Hello friends! I spent last week at the London Book Fair, being on the ground just long enough to be completely confused about what time zone I was for my...
Ch. 1: Amazon and Gratitude
February 16, 2019
Last year, I went to a publishing event that was sponsored by Amazon Literary Partnership, which gives out around $1M annually to literary organizations. I...
On the Books: Preface
February 16, 2019
Publishing has a problem. It’s a money problem. Most people think the problem is that there isn’t any money in publishing. And that’s not wholly wrong. But I...
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