Tuesday, January 13, 2009

How the Publishing Industry Works



FINALLY someone explains it all to me. I never knew that World of Warcraft and Second Life avatars resulted in the bulk of book sales:

Ever wonder how a book travels from the author to the reader? Or how much work is involved in the publishing process? And is this whole internet thing just a fad, like pagers and Tamagotchis?

The Digital Marketing Team at Macmillan is here to explain and enlighten. In the words of James Joyce, "Books are hard to make. People should buy more of them."

http://us.macmillan.com/

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