to see if we can find any traces of last year's expedition
I'm off to beautiful downtown Glenelg tomorrow to visit my bestest friend Pru. So sporadic posting (if any) this weekend. And semi-enthralling photos of my recent acquisitions from the land of gadget pr0n will have to await my return. Two words, though: iPod Mini...
Meanwhile, hilarity is ensuing wildly. Sarah had tipped me to this earlier in the week. And now bookslut has also picked up on it. As is widely known (by those who know it), the publishing biz is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Well, some of it is. And the only thing worse than a vanity press is a vanity press that lies about what they're about in order to more effectively sheer the sheep.
Comments
Can the academic arm of the publishing biz get an exemption from your harsh words? In some ways academic publishing may also be a wretched hive, but there's not nearly as much scum and villainy, really. ¡Gracias!
Posted by: minty | February 4, 2005 10:32 AM
Of course the publishing biz is a big neighborhood and only some parts of it are on the wrong side of the tracks. I've worked for publisher and for an academic organization that published and both of them seemed relatively free of scum and villainy...
Posted by: georg | February 4, 2005 10:48 AM
We both know where the REAL scum and villainy is in publishing, don't we?
Posted by: Bill | February 4, 2005 9:37 PM