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What Publishers Do

Science fiction writer Charlie Stross recently wrote an interesting post called “Why I Don’t Self-Publish.” It isn’t necessarily designed to discourage writers from self-publishing, but it does show why the process can be daunting — and why the publishers expect the lion’s share of all revenue. Here’s a partial list of what a publisher does:

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“When discussing media, if someone says, ‘let’s take the case of the New York Times,’ say ‘Let’s not.'”

“When discussing media, if someone says, ‘let’s take the case of the New York Times,’ say ‘Let’s not.’” Someone (David Carr?) recently reminded readers that the Times is sui generis. Almost nothing that applies to the Times can be generalized to the newspaper business as a whole. It is bigger, more national, has a stronger

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How the New York Times Made Snowfall

Source is the name of the Knight-Mozilla OpenNews project, dedicated to encouraging the community of journalists and coders that make up new media. On New Year’s day, they published an analysis of the New York Times’ Snowfall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek, a ground-breaking piece of multimedia web journalism. I’ve gone back to both again

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