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clarynathanwill's review against another edition
4.0
Read for Pub 350, and was pleasantly surprised how much good info was in here. The obvious takeaway is the future of publishing is indie Ebook romance so thank you Mike Shatzkin for making my future career aspirations more realistic.
athst's review
3.0
I felt this was an okay introduction to the trade publishing industry, perhaps targeted to someone like a writer who wants to publish a book but doesn't understand how it all works. The authors touch most areas of the value chain and it's new enough that it covers important modern topics such as ebooks, digital audio books, and Amazon.
On the other hand, I felt like the book mostly describes the "what" of how things are, but doesn't go into very much depth around the "why" they are that way. For example, I was hoping to get a little more history and perhaps more of an insider's view of the publishing process. For that kind of stuff, I'd recommend a different book "Merchants of Culture," which is a lot longer, more academic, and has more of an outsider's perspective, but along with that contains much more depth and history about the industry.
On the other hand, I felt like the book mostly describes the "what" of how things are, but doesn't go into very much depth around the "why" they are that way. For example, I was hoping to get a little more history and perhaps more of an insider's view of the publishing process. For that kind of stuff, I'd recommend a different book "Merchants of Culture," which is a lot longer, more academic, and has more of an outsider's perspective, but along with that contains much more depth and history about the industry.
nadia's review
informative
medium-paced
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
This book is packed with info, from the book trade and its history, to getting a book published, the rise of self-publishing, the growth in audio books, Amazon's business model compared to that of other traditional publishers, and the differences between children's and academic publishing.
It's written in a Q&A style, but the ordering of questions doesn't always seem to flow. And it doesn't lend itself to being read from beginning to end since there's a lot of repetition/not always much continuity. I think it's written so that you can jump into any question in isolation.
It's written in a Q&A style, but the ordering of questions doesn't always seem to flow. And it doesn't lend itself to being read from beginning to end since there's a lot of repetition/not always much continuity. I think it's written so that you can jump into any question in isolation.
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