An interesting article by Boss Man on the state of the publishing business. Enjoy, and leave a comment or ten if you enjoyed his article! Join the discussion dang it!!!
JR
Most days I spend time looking around the world of publishing when I should really be in that world and writing novels. Here’s something I found today that really caught my eye.
Sometimes authors get together and talk about how major publishers are and will respond to the disruption coming from self-publishers, Amazon imprints, and other new publishers. For example, the consistent line spun over the past few years that print books are resurgent and would everyone please forget about eBooks and go to your nearest bookstore. It’s a fascinating topic, and an important one if you earn your living writing novels. But that’s about publishers; we don’t spend as much time debating changes to brick and mortar retailers.
Cue this article about a keynote speech by James Daunt, boss of Waterstones, one of the two remaining national bookstores in the UK (if you include WH Smith). Waterstones has…
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J.R. Handley Blog 
Got lost in the links.
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Did it not work? I can post a link to the original if you need?
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The links worked. I just forgot to whom I was commenting.
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Roger, thanks for clarifying!
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I see my icon for your blog is a round green grouchy looking face with glasses. That’s hilarious!
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Maybe WordPress was trying to keep the trolls at bay and thought you were an impressive sort with whom they might use as a security avatar 😛 Or it’s just time to switch to decaff!
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