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Small Publishers
It’s hard to know what is happening in publishing. On the one hand we have the agglomeratisation which is undoubtedly going to increase in the coming months, be it in the aggressive war chest accumulated by Lagadere, whatever happens with the HMV/Waterstones/Ottakers sales, or some other large sale, purchase or merger. All of this points [...]
Published: May 4, 2006. Read more →
April Emit
Penguin is at it again. Working with Chris Ware on a new edition of Candide as well as a number of other graphic artists.
Phil Frost resurfaces, at long last. Looks like he’s still into the same kind of thing, but now in a gallery rather than on the streets. It’s a rightening long time since [...]
Slate on ‘Das Book’ – why European publishers are buying US publishers
This article in today’s Slate magazine basically sums up the problem of large, publicly listed media companies owning book publishing divisions:
ales of books aren’t growing much in the United States. According to Simba Information, consumer book sales in the U.S. were $6.46 billion in 2005, up minutely from $6.44 billion in 2004. “Stagnant to low [...]
Published: February 9, 2006. Read more →
GOB on Clive on Wottakers
It gets silly sometimes with blogs, but this is a note to me to remember that this is an interesting take on the Wottakers deal – and in some ways re-iterates my thoughts that increased consolidation will, over time, lead to a backlash of diversification, however painful it is getting there.
Amazon worldwide sold 1.6 million [...]
Published: February 8, 2006. Read more →
Times Emit
[photopress:05022006_1.jpg,thumb,pp_empty] Today we went to the Gallery of Modern Art to pass the morning. There, after a magnificent room of Ian Hamilton Finlays, was a set of photographs commissioned by Richard Demarco for the Strategy – get Arts exhibitition including Joseph Beuys.
A small 8×4 photo had a collection of palindromes made up of signposts. As [...]
Published: February 5, 2006. Read more →