Is the book business over as we know it? I hope not. An article in New York magazine has some people talking about the subject. Here is their headline: “The book business as we know it will not be living happily ever after. With sales […]

It’s time for magazines to reassert their place in today’s crowded media marketplace. At least that’s what some industry trade associations feel about it. The Magazine Publishers of America has hired a boutique ad agency to create a campaign designed to promote the power of […]

“Fame is always a product of the present culture: topical and variable, hence ephemeral. Writers are made otherwise. What writers prize is simpler, quieter and more enduring than clamorous Fame: it is recognition. Fame, by and large, is an accountant’s category, tallied in Amazonian sales. […]