Comments on Bloggerel - Alma Books and Oneworld Classics: Vulture Publishing

Does it work like obituaries? Perhaps some publish...

2009-07-04T07:44:54.954+01:00

Does it work like obituaries? Perhaps some publishers make a prediction of who is most likely to pop his/her clogs and commission biographies in readiness. Most of these books will be bought but abandoned before page 99.

I suppose you are right, Scott, but I think that 1...

2009-07-03T22:07:48.325+01:00

I suppose you are right, Scott, but I think that 1% was slightly more decent than our 1%. And I also think it's a much more frustrating experience to be a publisher, an agent, a bookseller or an author these days.

AG

Well, pretty obviously this has much to do with co...

2009-07-02T18:32:10.169+01:00

Well, pretty obviously this has much to do with commerce and little to nothing to do with art or literacy. To this degree, perhaps, the book industry has become more and more like the film industry: largely a vector for entertainment, with less than 1% (and that may be generous) reserved for "art." I wonder how different this is from the past, however. We still only remember the 1% that's worth remembering. A glance at best-seller lists from previous decades is a salutory experience.