  Tuesday, November 06, 2007The Future of the Book Biz
Sorry for the radio silence -- the new manuscript is due in January and for the moment it's hard to keep up with HOTM. If you're curious, I do have a three-part series on the future of the book biz at M.J. Rose's Buzz, Balls & Hype. Enjoy and see you soon.
-- Barry
posted by Barry at 10:38 AM
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About Me
I've been blessed with a variety of interesting jobs: a covert position with the CIA's Directorate of Operations; attorney in an international law firm; in-house counsel at the Osaka headquarters of Matsushita Electric; executive in a Silicon Valley technology startup.
WelcomeThere are a lot of terrific blogs out there on the world of writing, but The Heart of the Matter isn't one of them. HOTM primarily covers politics and language, particularly language as it influences politics, with the occasional post on some miscellaneous subject that catches my attention.Politics, it seems to me, gets about the same level of rational, objective analysis as religion, and can be an equally divisive topic (in fact, I believe scientists will soon use functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to discover that politics and religion occupy the same spot in our brains). It's never been easy to discuss politics dispassionately, but in the age of the ascendency of entertainers like Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Moore, and Bill O'Reilly, trying to get to the heart of the matter is more difficult than ever. This blog aims to be a haven from fulmination, disrespect, polemics, and other attack-style debate. Please, if your aim is to defend your position rather than find the truth, go rent a Michael Moore movie or read a Michael Savage book. They'll provide a laugh and a quick self-righteousness fix and help you avoid the hard work of examining your politics that you'd have to do here. A word on tone. At the risk of stating the obvious, no one's mind has ever been changed by an insult. Calling your political opponents "mentally diseased" or "treasonous" or distorting their statements to fit your diatribe is a great way to sell books, speeches, talk shows, and movies -- that is, to make money, which is the real intent of professional polemicists. But that kind of nonsense never enlightens and it never persuades. Let's not fall victim to it here. Previous Posts
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2 Comments:
I, for one, understand, Barry.
Good luck to you. Will look forward to reading more on HOTM when you are able to post. I'll check out the other info as well.
Wishing you all the best,
Lee
The future of the book biz?
Yikes.
It's getting harder to love books and keep working in this business. Don'tcha think?
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