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| We Knew There Was a Reason We Only Read Magazines |
| From The Nation's review of Sean Wilsey's Oh the Glory of It All:One of the open secrets of literary life is that it's easier to get a book deal for a first novel, or for a work of nonfiction, than it is to get a short story or an article published in a serious magazine. This is because book publishing now revolves less around the book itself than around the marketability of the author -- physical appearance; ethnicity, race, religion or sexuality; media or social connections -- while serious magazine publishing, for all of its shortcomings, is still about writing.This prompts two thoughts. First: Oh, snap. You're gonna take that, publishing folks? And second: Lee Siegel just made us feel better about ourselves. How unusual.The Unexamined Life [The Nation] |
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| Book publishing stats: more titles, fewer sales, higher prices |
| Cory Doctorow:...Some interesting new stats about book publishing. Number of books sold is way down. Number of titles published is up. Cover prices are up, and so are revenues (slightly). Higher cover prices are driving students and poorer people to used books (the article doesn't say so, but I betcha that Amazon and ABE and other low-friction used-book dealers have a lot to do with this). Religious books are selling like hotcakes. There's a long tail thing visible here: lots more books to much... |
| ReadersRead.com Announces Best Books of 2004 |
| ReadersRead.com, a website for book lovers, has announced its second annual lists of the Best Books of 2004 in the following genres: Children's and Young Adult, Fantasy/SF/Horror, General Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Nonfiction and Romance novels. Chosen by Readersread.com's book staff, the lists feature the outstanding books published in the U.S. in 2004. |
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