Books by Southwest (or “more news from nowhere”)
The publishing industry model as a giant, archaic dinosaur lumbering towards its own demise? Maybe so, maybe not, depending upon who you are, where you stand and who cuts your checks. At the very least, our beloved bookish folks can be counted on to give good face at the current epicenter of the new & social media world, namely South By Southwest (aka SXSW), going on in Texas right now, yes?
Not so. From a spine-tingling, enraging and enlightening recap of a publishing industry SXSW panel by Booksquare:
Let me be clear. Absolutely clear. Not one word spoken in that session, either from the panelists or from the audience, was new or innovative.
You seriously, absolutely MUST read the rest of this post here. It both lays very clearly on the table how much room for innovation exists in the book world and makes it clear that we should all just listen to Kreepie Kats.
Books | Russ Marshalek | 
March 16, 2009 1:14 pm
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