Tag: Publishing

  • Art book sale!

    I’m having a bit of a clear-out. Here are some of the art books I’ve accumulated over the years. All priced to sell (I don’t think you’ll find any of…

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  • Slow progress

    It is possible for geniuses to explain things in ways that non-geniuses can understand but sometimes they need to switch formats to do it. — I’ve spent a stupid amount…

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  • David Hepworth – a Q&A about curating music

    It has been my privilege, over the last few years, to write a few pieces for Britain’s best music (and arts and movies and stuff) magazine The Word – including,…

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  • Magazine masterclass

    Right, I’ve been very busy with my new thing: I’m blogger in residence at the BBC. Honestly. It’s really cool. Follow my comings- and-goings at the special blog I’ve set…

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  • What’s so cool about The Economist?

    There’s nothing quite like The Economist. Many have tried to duplicate its authority, its prescience, its attitude but it takes a blend of uptown (that’ll be Oxbridge) haughtiness and downtown…

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  • “Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy” – Tim O’Reilly

    I’ll join the throng bookmarking this cogent defense of file sharing from publisher Tim O’Reilly. Tim is the man who made a fortune by selling his early portal, the Global…

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  • Anyone give me odds?

    This may be my weblog’s first authentic scoop. A ‘friend’ (picture removed) – an author and publishing insider – tells me, with some credibility, that Michael Crichton’s Nano-frightener Prey will…

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  • Blogging – is this the hypergrowth phase?

    Apps that add comments and notes to blogs and web sites are booming but some can’t take the demand — I got comments working – so now you are required…

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