http://booksquare.com/on-the-eve-of-the-london-book-fair/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://booksquare.com/on-the-eve-of-the-london-book-fair/comment-page-1/#comment-167534 Clive Warner Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:59:28 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-the-eve-of-the-london-book-fair/#comment-167534 James, I second that. Using something called 'Virtual Mechanics SiteSpinner' is the mark of someone who really, really doesn't get it. And he really doesn't get the rest of it, either. Where does he mention Joe Sixpack's role in all of this? Take his argument and apply it to the parallel industry - the music biz. How much influence do the record label dinosaurs have now? Precious little in the face of something called the Internet. And so it will be with books. The whole wasteful, anti-environmental concept of 'returns' needs to be done away with. What other industries get free products to be returned at will? Do the Chinese supply free lawnmowers to garden stores? The bloated bookstore chains have had their time at the trough. Time for a change. Go green! James, I second that. Using something called ‘Virtual Mechanics SiteSpinner’ is the mark of someone who really, really doesn’t get it.
And he really doesn’t get the rest of it, either. Where does he mention Joe Sixpack’s role in all of this?
Take his argument and apply it to the parallel industry – the music biz. How much influence do the record label dinosaurs have now? Precious little in the face of something called the Internet. And so it will be with books. The whole wasteful, anti-environmental concept of ‘returns’ needs to be done away with. What other industries get free products to be returned at will? Do the Chinese supply free lawnmowers to garden stores? The bloated bookstore chains have had their time at the trough. Time for a change. Go green!

]]> http://booksquare.com/on-the-eve-of-the-london-book-fair/comment-page-1/#comment-167521 Interesting reading for 04/03/08 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:46:12 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-the-eve-of-the-london-book-fair/#comment-167521 [...] On The Eve of The London Book Fair (tags: books) [...] [...] On The Eve of The London Book Fair (tags: books) [...]

]]> http://booksquare.com/on-the-eve-of-the-london-book-fair/comment-page-1/#comment-167516 James Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:01:24 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/on-the-eve-of-the-london-book-fair/#comment-167516 He makes some good points, and I don't want to be rude, but I'd suggest that someone with a website that looks like this: http://www.cnpublishing.co.uk/ - shouldn't be making snide remarks about big publishers' websites being stuck in 1998. He makes some good points, and I don’t want to be rude, but I’d suggest that someone with a website that looks like this: http://www.cnpublishing.co.uk/ – shouldn’t be making snide remarks about big publishers’ websites being stuck in 1998.

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