Most of the publishing proposals I see are safe, inoffensive and guaranteed to upset no vested interest or cause too much excitement or endanger academic careers. But I would prefer Free Association Books to be the publishing partner to courageous writers with something new and controversial to communicate. Years ago, I lived with an editor for a well-known publisher who [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Book Publishing’
Publish and be damned?
Posted in Books, tagged Book Publishing on November 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Is book publishing in 2009 like being in the gas mantle business in 1920?
Posted in Books, tagged Book Publishing on July 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Why do academic books have so many words? If it is information you need, then the conventional nonfiction book is an inefficient way of getting what you are looking for. Do you really want to plough through 250 pages when what you are reading can be condensed to a third of that? But would you [...]
