This Writing Life

The fancy thoughts of novellist Ian Hocking

Tacitus Schmacitus

Scott Pack replies to a Guardian piece by Stuart Jeffries that (according to Scott; I haven’t read it) is another ‘why can’t bookshops be like the old days’ article. Among other things, Scott writes: Less than a decade ago it would have been possible to walk into a branch of Waterstone’s, especially some of the [...]

What would Steve Jobs do?

Here’s an interesting presentation by Dutch Internet strategist Freek Bijl on how vertical integration between the iTunes music store and the iPod might be applied to publishing, with reference to the fabled Apple tablet device. ► How Would Apple Change Publishing? Here’s One Theory | Cult of Mac