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December 5, 2008


Apocalyptic Week In Book Publishing

Here's the best summary of firings and related moves in the book publishing world as that industry presses to adjust to new economic realities. Giant media companies made cuts, too. (I heard Splash Page survived the MTV cuts, if anyone wondered.) As with most of these things, the fact of an adjustment isn't all that scary to those not directly affected. Given what we know about a rapidly evolving media landscape, adjustments may have been overdue. It's the scrambling nature of these changes, their potential severity and reactionary quality, that should for the present pique our interest and shape our concern.
 
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