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Missing the hint of lemmings

Ten Million Hopeful Scribblers

Ten Million Hopeful Scribblers

‘The novel as film script is about as far as it is possible to get from many of the ideas at the root of the literary canon’

Poets are rock stars

Poets are rock stars

“The public wants to believe in Santa Claus and the movie stars”

“The public wants to believe in Santa Claus and the movie stars”

‘It occurs to me, though, that my generation of writers, editors, directors, and others in the arts may never learn to read the Web on its own terms’

‘Too sexy for Cosmo’

‘We are the case for books’

We don’t know if she rode, hunted, played tennis or golf!

We don’t know if she rode, hunted, played tennis or golf!

Bob Stein discusses his integral role in the prehistory of online publishing and e-books

Read Eat, Pray, Love. Pitch.

‘Many editors say they use a pool of reviewers they know, but also like to bring in new names to mix things up. There a conflict can result.’

Again with the silhouettes!

Libelles and liberty

‘With a circulation of more than 25 million, The Watchtower is the most widely distributed magazine in the world’

The Shakespeare cop busts Double Falsehood

What links acquiring editors at large publishing houses and investment bankers? An attention to the mentality of the mob

‘Luce in his prime was a giant, venerated and despised with a passion accorded to few of his contemporaries…’

‘E-books had undeniable advantages for publishers. There would be no more returns, warehouse fees, printing expenses, or shipping costs. The obstacle was that no one knew how e-books should be read.’

‘Volume was key to profitability; Penguin had to sell 17,000 copies of each book to break even.’