Comments on: Different Literary Breeds https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2010/02/19/different-literary-breeds/ creative writing workshops & community Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Judith https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2010/02/19/different-literary-breeds/#comment-65 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:55:30 +0000 http://judithlindbergh.wordpress.com/?p=945#comment-65 Indeed, Chet. I’ve been watching this whole shift to digital with intense fascination. Since my days in Information Technology, I’m keenly attuned to the digital world. The problem is audience – fragmented, distracted, overwhelmed. I recall an old t-shirt slogan: “So Many Books, So Little Time”. If only it were books alone that were taking up our mind-space!

]]> By: Chet https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2010/02/19/different-literary-breeds/#comment-64 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:42:41 +0000 http://judithlindbergh.wordpress.com/?p=945#comment-64 I am sure that the consolidations of smaller businesses into big conglomerates has helped the U.S. economy become the dominant global power it is. However, I’ve seen it hurt at the micro-level, especially by reducing the number and variety of voices in the arts. In my current field, legal publishing, the consolidation of dozens of small legal publishers into two dominant giants, West and LexisNexis, left the legal community squeezed between suppliers who expected 30-40% margins and could charge them.

The challenge is how to find audiences via other channels than the traditional publishers. I wish I were better at thinking with that kind of creativity!

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