sheenaghpugh | Publishing

An interesting and thoughtful blog post here from Danuta Keane about publishing in the internet age, blooks and small publishers in particular. I must say the advice to trawl through the riveting info at Companies House makes the heart sink, but there's a lot to think about and since I am currently marking student coursework I appreciated the image "The industry has spent so long in minor debates about the ebook and territory, it has failed to gen up on the grab power of the web itself. As a consequence, it is now trying to catch up with the speed and understanding of a lazy student on the eve of her finals.".

I was put on to this by the novelist Emma Darwin, who's with Bloomsbury and has her own fascinating booky blog at This Itch of Writing