The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy

You Too Can Earn $17/hour in Book Publishing!

August 31st, 2010

You Too Can Earn $17/hour in Book Publishing!

…if you have a university degree AND a publishing certificate, speak English and French and know XML. This is but one of the challenges of book publishing today: The technical skills required are exploding, but the economics still suck. I don’t wish to heap ridicule on this particular company: it’s happening everywhere. Publishing Assistant Canadian…

August 30th, 2010

When They Stop Printing the Bible…

…I’ll believe that the printed book is dead. When they stop printing a thousand dollar 20-volume dictionary, wisdom prevails. If you’re a cheapskate, you can buy the miniature version for five cents less than $400, and they’ll toss in the magnifying glass! Making the rounds of the blogosphere, Twittersphere and ignoramosphere today is the inaccurate…