Comments on: It’s Not The Book, It’s The Front http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Booksquare on Phantom Markets « A Read on eBooks http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/comment-page-1/#comment-167169 Booksquare on Phantom Markets « A Read on eBooks Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:02:35 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/28/2376/#comment-167169 [...] 29, 2007 by readebooks The Booksquare blog comes through again with this great post on why some “can’t-miss-hits” become big flops.  Blogger Kassia Krozser’s [...] [...] 29, 2007 by readebooks The Booksquare blog comes through again with this great post on why some “can’t-miss-hits” become big flops.  Blogger Kassia Krozser’s [...]

]]> By: Big Bad Book Blog » Blog Archive » Big Bad Book Blog Links 5-2-07 http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/comment-page-1/#comment-165599 Big Bad Book Blog » Blog Archive » Big Bad Book Blog Links 5-2-07 Wed, 02 May 2007 14:09:48 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/28/2376/#comment-165599 [...] Booksquare: It’s Not The Book, It’s The Front Books are funny things. You’d think, after centuries of printing and selling them, industry professionals would understand how the business works. [...] [...] Booksquare: It’s Not The Book, It’s The Front Books are funny things. You’d think, after centuries of printing and selling them, industry professionals would understand how the business works. [...]

]]> By: Brian Hadd http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/comment-page-1/#comment-165594 Brian Hadd Tue, 01 May 2007 14:16:51 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/28/2376/#comment-165594 Forget that. Think of communication as aggregation. I present you selected facts established by you typing my brain Google. Think of blogs as aggregators. You present me information based on you selecting. Tell how to pay you. <a href="http://www.hoodpublishing.com" rel="nofollow">The Hood Company</a> Forget that. Think of communication as aggregation. I present you selected facts established by you typing my brain Google.

Think of blogs as aggregators. You present me information based on you selecting.

Tell how to pay you.

The Hood Company

]]> By: Brian Hadd http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/comment-page-1/#comment-165593 Brian Hadd Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:37:56 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/28/2376/#comment-165593 Topic needs definition right? We know what to say Klever! If the model of income (advertising) works why this works right? Does it? <a href="http://www.hoodpublishing.com" rel="nofollow">The Hood Company</a> Topic needs definition right? We know what to say Klever!

If the model of income (advertising) works why this works right? Does it?

The Hood Company

]]> By: KR Blog » Blog Archive » Short Takes http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/comment-page-1/#comment-165592 KR Blog » Blog Archive » Short Takes Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:01:17 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/28/2376/#comment-165592 [...] “You’d think, after centuries of printing and selling them, book industry professionals would understand how the business works.” [...] [...] “You’d think, after centuries of printing and selling them, book industry professionals would understand how the business works.” [...]

]]> By: Kassia Krozser http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/comment-page-1/#comment-165591 Kassia Krozser Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:11:26 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/28/2376/#comment-165591 Okay, hello, Bill. While this is a direction I hadn't considered in this instance, it's a direction I'd advocated in the past. You are right to point out the counter-arguments and interactive collaboration. And it's exactly the sort of interaction that I'm talking about -- I mean, I have theories and supporting evidence, but I'm not necessarily <em>right</em>. At least when it comes to other perspectives. We have become accustomed to books being the soul conduit for social discourse, of a certain type, yet books are, by the nature of publishing, behind the curve. It makes no sense at all to start some arguments in a print and bound format. Okay, hello, Bill. While this is a direction I hadn’t considered in this instance, it’s a direction I’d advocated in the past. You are right to point out the counter-arguments and interactive collaboration. And it’s exactly the sort of interaction that I’m talking about — I mean, I have theories and supporting evidence, but I’m not necessarily right. At least when it comes to other perspectives.

We have become accustomed to books being the soul conduit for social discourse, of a certain type, yet books are, by the nature of publishing, behind the curve. It makes no sense at all to start some arguments in a print and bound format.

]]> By: Bill Peschel http://booksquare.com/its-not-the-book-its-the-front/comment-page-1/#comment-165590 Bill Peschel Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:32:52 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2007/04/28/2376/#comment-165590 Perhaps it would have served the book better if it had been discussed before it was written. Blog readers would have asked pertinent questions that Bennetts could have addressed, and poked holes in her arguments. This type of interactive collaboration could offer an interesting new way of publishing some types of non-fiction. Perhaps it would have served the book better if it had been discussed before it was written. Blog readers would have asked pertinent questions that Bennetts could have addressed, and poked holes in her arguments. This type of interactive collaboration could offer an interesting new way of publishing some types of non-fiction.

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