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Soapbox: We'll Be Back - 8/24/2009
Why scaling down is good for publishing by Douglas Rushkoff -- Publishers Weekly, 8/24/2009 The corporate consolidation of publishing over the past two decades has finally maxed out. Borders is verging on bankruptcy; Barnes & Noble is closing stores; and major media conglomerates are closing ...
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Rushkoff is bullish on book futures
Futurismic — ... Things don’t look great for the publishing industry right now, with retailers folding en masse and publishers consolidating. It’s convinced some folk to read publishing its eulogy, but Douglas Rushkoff has a more positive long-term outlook for the world of books in a short article for Publisher’s Weekly: ...

August 31, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... Agony Column interviews Lev Grossman (podcast). Cat Rambo interviews Cindy Pon. Andrew Walker interviews Lev Grossman. David Steffen interviews Joey Jordan. Advice/Articles Marshall Payne on Card trick and writing persistence. Nicholas Kaufmann on I Sing the Body Gigantic. Helena Merriman on Science fiction breaks free from fantasy. Douglas Rushkoff on We'll Be Back. Related: Scrivener's Error on Imaginary Time. Karen ...

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