B2B Memes
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Back in the days when I covered the bookstore business for Publishers Weekly , Borders was perceived as an evil juggernaut that was going to destroy independent bookstores. Crown made its ultimately short-lived business out of heavy discounting best-sellers, hardly a cultural benefit. Literary culture is the better for them.
B2B Memes
JANUARY 31, 2012
As Seth Godin says of non-fiction book publishing , it’s an organized hobby, not a business: “The return on equity and return on time for authors and for publishers is horrendous. You can buy it on Smashwords in a variety of formats , on Amazon in Kindle format and, soon, print, and on Apple’s bookstore. Don’t count on making money.
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