http://aptstudio.com/timesemit/2007/09/28/interesting-times/ Mostly involving links about publishing, technology and design Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:09:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://aptstudio.com/timesemit/2007/09/28/interesting-times/#comment-15291 Danuta Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:45:24 +0000 http://aptstudio.com/timesemit/2007/09/28/interesting-times/#comment-15291 Interesting point, Peter. New blood is always a good thing as it brings an alternative perspective to a market that is harder to separate from tradition than Jordan from her implants. That said, I am always a bit sus of VC money. In the past it hasn't done the book trade that much good, and I wonder how radical the new owner of Borders will be: especially when it comes to negotiating terms.... Of the two the Borders deal is most intriguing. Because while all agree that there is a future in the web, not everyone is convinced that high street chains have a healthy future ahead of them. As for Christopher Bland, he would be a brilliant active addition to an industry that too often forget that the customer is the reader, not the person sat in W H Smith's or Tesco's head office choosing stock. (and isn't it about time we changed the name of buyers to borrowers, as they return so much stock?) Interesting point, Peter. New blood is always a good thing as it brings an alternative perspective to a market that is harder to separate from tradition than Jordan from her implants. That said, I am always a bit sus of VC money. In the past it hasn’t done the book trade that much good, and I wonder how radical the new owner of Borders will be: especially when it comes to negotiating terms…. Of the two the Borders deal is most intriguing. Because while all agree that there is a future in the web, not everyone is convinced that high street chains have a healthy future ahead of them.
As for Christopher Bland, he would be a brilliant active addition to an industry that too often forget that the customer is the reader, not the person sat in W H Smith’s or Tesco’s head office choosing stock. (and isn’t it about time we changed the name of buyers to borrowers, as they return so much stock?)

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