tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1667339237917376343..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Things in Books' Clothing'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-24132311718850204582009-08-11T17:37:53.759-05:002009-08-11T17:37:53.759-05:00i get the impression that as print-on-demand techn...i get the impression that as print-on-demand technology takes off, the only purpose of publishers now is to market their authors' books. Any writer with ability & a conscience won't need an editor, and now any Joe can publish his own book on, for example, Lulu, there seems nothing left for publishers to do except market books. They don't even seem to proof-read books any more. Perhaps when marketing is shifted from the shouldres of a few publishers to the wider, blogging public, publishers will shrivel up and die, as they deserve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-65092354197779704262009-08-11T14:54:03.095-05:002009-08-11T14:54:03.095-05:00Some publicists have been helpful allies during th...Some publicists have been helpful allies during the demise of newspaper reviewing and the growth of legit lit-blogging (like our friend Levi Stahl at Chicago). They've helped me promote my site. But the ones you've been hearing from seem not to have noticed that you do more reflecting on -- than reviewing of -- books. So they're not doing their jobs. Some don't read the books they push. How I miss my former publicist at Houghton, Walter Vatter (now at Ivan R Dee) who speaks so persuasively about literature and helps bring books to fruition. Of course, I spent 30 years in marketing and communications -- so I'm apt to valorize publicists if they're smart and committed.Ron Slatehttp://www.ronslate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-84539619326711585292009-08-11T12:58:48.252-05:002009-08-11T12:58:48.252-05:00The hairstylist novel is really coming into its ow...The hairstylist novel is really coming into its own as a genre.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-26362674089395022612009-08-11T09:17:53.274-05:002009-08-11T09:17:53.274-05:00The New York Times has a long feature about Mr. Be...The New York Times has a long feature about Mr. Bellatin. Here:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/books/10bellatin.html?ref=booksFran Manushkinnoreply@blogger.com