Musings on Borders demise and other ebook related stuff.
Quote:
The Magician stands on stage and invites a volunteer from the audience to lend him something. Not a piece of jewelry, or a dollar bill, but a book. The volunteer—an author—hands him a copy of his latest tome. The Magician places it on a stand and waves a hand at it. “Behold, a book.” He then drapes a scarlet silk over it. He waves his wand, utters the word, “Abracadabra,” with great solemnity, and whisks the silk away.
“Behold,” he says with a smile, “a magazine!”
The audience applauds, but the author is stunned. That’s not a magazine, that’s a book! There’s no magic there, there was no trick. It’s a book, and a book is a book, right?
Alas, a book becomes a magazine when it’s marketed as a magazine.
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The whole blog post.
He always has a lot to say concerning the ramifications of publishing and writing in the digital age, from a successful author's point of view.