Just in case you were wondering if posting on Notes was worth it, that's how I found my way here.
Anyway, your work is very intellectually stimulating and informative. I'm aware of some problems in the publishing industry but wasn't at all aware of the ideas of Sinykin, for example. In many ways, this post was like stumbling into a new wo…
Just in case you were wondering if posting on Notes was worth it, that's how I found my way here.
Anyway, your work is very intellectually stimulating and informative. I'm aware of some problems in the publishing industry but wasn't at all aware of the ideas of Sinykin, for example. In many ways, this post was like stumbling into a new world I didn't even realize was there. Eye-opening! I share your hope for the evolution of a better model.
Thank you Bill! Very happy to have you here! Sinykin seems like a symptom of a problem that I suspected was there - but I didn't realize the full extent of it. It's old-style cultural materialism but in the service of celebrating capital. What is useful about a book like his is that he seems to dig under the hood of the publishing companies and show what their thought process is - and it's the kind of thing that should make every writer run (especially when paired with the sort of glibly triumphalist narrative that Sinykin espouses).
Just in case you were wondering if posting on Notes was worth it, that's how I found my way here.
Anyway, your work is very intellectually stimulating and informative. I'm aware of some problems in the publishing industry but wasn't at all aware of the ideas of Sinykin, for example. In many ways, this post was like stumbling into a new world I didn't even realize was there. Eye-opening! I share your hope for the evolution of a better model.
Thank you Bill! Very happy to have you here! Sinykin seems like a symptom of a problem that I suspected was there - but I didn't realize the full extent of it. It's old-style cultural materialism but in the service of celebrating capital. What is useful about a book like his is that he seems to dig under the hood of the publishing companies and show what their thought process is - and it's the kind of thing that should make every writer run (especially when paired with the sort of glibly triumphalist narrative that Sinykin espouses).