Self-Publishing Review | George Perkins | Activity http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/members/george-perkins/activity/feed George Perkins - Activity Feed Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:46:18 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.2.3 en http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2010/01/15/self-publishing-via-the-espresso-book-machine/ <![CDATA[George Perkins commented on the blog post Self-Publishing via the Espresso Book Machine]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2010/01/15/self-publishing-via-the-espresso-book-machine/ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:18:40 +0000 George Perkins commented on the blog post Self-Publishing via the Espresso Book Machine
Slogging is the right word, but the book business is changing so rapidly we can always hope for new ways to market.

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2010/01/15/self-publishing-via-the-espresso-book-machine/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Self-Publishing via the Espresso Book Machine]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2010/01/15/self-publishing-via-the-espresso-book-machine/ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:18:18 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Self-Publishing via the Espresso Book Machine ThumbnailFragmentation of the book business has made it nearly impossible for writers to find publishers, unless, of course, they already have publishers who are willing to take chances on their new books. Publishers need to make money, and times are hard. As a result, conventional publication by major publishers has become nearly impossible for great numbers [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2010/01/15/self-publishing-via-the-espresso-book-machine/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Self-Publishing via the Espresso Book Machine]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2010/01/15/self-publishing-via-the-espresso-book-machine/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:18:18 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Self-Publishing via the Espresso Book Machine
Fragmentation of the book business has made it nearly impossible for writers to find publishers, unless, of course, they already have publishers who are willing to take chances on their new books. Publishers need to make money, and times are hard. As a result, conventional publication by major publishers has become nearly impossible for great [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/07/28/choas-book-business-mirrors-chaos-world/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Chaos in the Book Business Mirrors the Chaos in the World]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/07/28/choas-book-business-mirrors-chaos-world/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:59:32 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Chaos in the Book Business Mirrors the Chaos in the World
It is no secret to serious writers that much of what we used to consider the vibrant literary world we lived in has collapsed into an unhealthy morass. In his new book, Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West, Anthony Grafton, [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/07/28/choas-book-business-mirrors-chaos-world/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Chaos in the Book Business Mirrors the Chaos in the World]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/07/28/choas-book-business-mirrors-chaos-world/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:59:32 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Chaos in the Book Business Mirrors the Chaos in the World Thumbnail It is no secret to serious writers that much of what we used to consider the vibrant literary world we lived in has collapsed into an unhealthy morass. In his new book, Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West , Anthony Grafton, a Princeton professor with a distinguished history as a scholar of [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/06/11/the-new-yorkers-strange-take-on-creative-writing-programs/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The New Yorker's Strange Take on Creative Writing Programs]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/06/11/the-new-yorkers-strange-take-on-creative-writing-programs/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:39:03 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The New Yorker's Strange Take on Creative Writing Programs
In The New Yorker’s current Summer Fiction issue (June 8 & 15, 2009), in an essay that is called “Can You Teach Creative Writing?” on the contents page and titled “Show or Tell: Should Creative Writing be Taught?,” on the page where it begins, the critic [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/06/11/the-new-yorkers-strange-take-on-creative-writing-programs/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The New Yorker's Strange Take on Creative Writing Programs]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/06/11/the-new-yorkers-strange-take-on-creative-writing-programs/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:39:03 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The New Yorker's Strange Take on Creative Writing Programs ThumbnailIn The New Yorker ’s current Summer Fiction issue (June 8 & 15, 2009), in an essay that is called “Can You Teach Creative Writing?” on the contents page and titled “Show or Tell: Should Creative Writing be Taught?,” on the page where it begins, the critic Louis Menand makes great claims for the general excellence of contemporary American [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/04/22/the-loss-of-a-cultural-and-literary-center-in-the-book-business/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Loss of a Cultural and Literary Center in the Book Business]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/04/22/the-loss-of-a-cultural-and-literary-center-in-the-book-business/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:03:40 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Loss of a Cultural and Literary Center in the Book Business
You don’t need to be paying close attention to notice the fragmentation that characterizes much of America’s contemporary life. Your home town newspaper has ceased to print or will soon do so. This is happening to the ANN ARBOR NEWS (never a very good newspaper, but one that [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/04/22/the-loss-of-a-cultural-and-literary-center-in-the-book-business/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Loss of a Cultural and Literary Center in the Book Business]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/04/22/the-loss-of-a-cultural-and-literary-center-in-the-book-business/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:03:40 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Loss of a Cultural and Literary Center in the Book Business ThumbnailYou don’t need to be paying close attention to notice the fragmentation that characterizes much of America’s contemporary life. Your home town newspaper has ceased to print or will soon do so. This is happening to the ANN ARBOR NEWS (never a very good newspaper, but one that did a fair to middling job of holding [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/31/the-dream-of-an-instant-book1/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Dream of an Instant Book]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/31/the-dream-of-an-instant-book1/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:25:44 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Dream of an Instant Book
“I’m a reader, I have identified a book that I would like to read, and I want it now.”
Throughout most of the centuries that manuscripts have been set in type and bound into books, the sequence of thoughts expressed above would have framed an immense impossibility. Books were [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/31/the-dream-of-an-instant-book1/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Dream of an Instant Book]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/31/the-dream-of-an-instant-book1/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:25:44 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: The Dream of an Instant Book Thumbnail“I’m a reader, I have identified a book that I would like to read, and I want it now.” Throughout most of the centuries that manuscripts have been set in type and bound into books, the sequence of thoughts expressed above would have framed an immense impossibility. Books were far away and difficult to find. In [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/15/print-on-demand-self-publishing-and-perceived-value-in-australia-and-the-united-states/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Print on Demand, Self-Publishing, and Perceived Value in Australia and the United States]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/15/print-on-demand-self-publishing-and-perceived-value-in-australia-and-the-united-states/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:29:58 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Print on Demand, Self-Publishing, and Perceived Value in Australia and the United States
In March 2008, I delivered a lecture on Print on Demand publication to a creative writing class at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Adjusting for scale and for regional habits of reading and writing, much of what I said applies to the United States, England, and others [...]

Comments: 0

]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/15/print-on-demand-self-publishing-and-perceived-value-in-australia-and-the-united-states/ <![CDATA[George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Print on Demand, Self-Publishing, and Perceived Value in Australia and the United States]]> http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2009/03/15/print-on-demand-self-publishing-and-perceived-value-in-australia-and-the-united-states/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:29:58 +0000 George Perkins wrote a new blog post: Print on Demand, Self-Publishing, and Perceived Value in Australia and the United States ThumbnailIn March 2008, I delivered a lecture on Print on Demand publication to a creative writing class at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Adjusting for scale and for regional habits of reading and writing, much of what I said applies to the United States, England, and others of the more literate and technologically-advanced countries of [...]

Comments: 0

]]>