Low Prices, But at the Cost of Customer Service
Low prices indeed.
With the slumping economy many are shopping for the best bargains, including my family. Recently we visited a local retailer that offers “low prices, everyday” and picked up a few items at prices that were certainly lower than I had seen elsewhere.
But when I had to return one of the items the [...]
Print is Dead’s Jeff Gomez on Bloget’s Saving Book Publishing Post
I’ve held off on commenting on Henry Blodget’s recent post entitled How to Save the Book Publishing Industry, as much has already been written. But I do want to point out Print is Dead’s Jeff Gomez’s take on the article, which I think sums things up nicely.
…this all just goes to show what publishers are [...]
My New Role at Wiley
The official announcement has rolled across the organization, and I’ve been able to reach most of my authors, so I thought it was time to share the news here as well.
I will be taking a new position at Wiley, serving as the Associate Publisher of Technology for Wiley’s EMEA Group beginning July 1. I will [...]
Author Charles Petzold on Deadlines and Letting Go
Author Charles Petzold discussing our forthcoming book, The Annotated Turing:
In an ideal imaginary world, a book is finished only when the author is fully satisfied that every word and comma is perfect. In the real world, that doesn’t work. The only way books ever get finished is with the imposition of a deadline — sometimes [...]
Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin
This week, Guy Kawasaki interviewed Wiley Author and creator of Problogger.net Darren Rowse on on his Sun Innovation blog. (It was nice to see a little plug for Darren’s and Chris Garrett’s Problogger book as well.)
If you have ever seen Guy interview someone, or read an online interview conducted by him, you know his questions [...]
