Comments on: The Peril and Promise of the Printed Word http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/02/18/the-peril-and-promise-of-the-printed-word/ News about the Flying Cloud and Interesting Things Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/02/18/the-peril-and-promise-of-the-printed-word/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Andrew Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:57:12 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=383#comment-227 I'll take two! :) I’ll take two! :)

]]> By: Kona http://paulgazis.com/blog/2010/02/18/the-peril-and-promise-of-the-printed-word/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Kona Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:44:44 +0000 http://paulgazis.com/blog/?p=383#comment-165 Due to tight and sometimes precarious living conditions, and the availability of almost everything readable either on the internet or in the library, I have probably bought the last book I will ever own. Unless you actually do get published, in which case, I’ll surely purchase a copy! Looking over the selection at my local B&N, on the way to the Starbucks in the back, I’d say that being published isn’t the honor it used to be. I could go on at some length about how the print media has missed the boat, trying to compete with the tabloid press and the misinformation provided by the internet, instead of reclaiming the ethical and tasteful high ground it once occupied, but I think we’ve been there enough. However, there is still some satisfaction to be had in holding the physical representation of one’s creation in your hands, not to mention that first royalty check, so you have to judge just how much that is worth to you. Whatever your decision, good luck! Due to tight and sometimes precarious living conditions, and the availability of almost everything readable either on the internet or in the library, I have probably bought the last book I will ever own. Unless you actually do get published, in which case, I’ll surely purchase a copy!

Looking over the selection at my local B&N, on the way to the Starbucks in the back, I’d say that being published isn’t the honor it used to be. I could go on at some length about how the print media has missed the boat, trying to compete with the tabloid press and the misinformation provided by the internet, instead of reclaiming the ethical and tasteful high ground it once occupied, but I think we’ve been there enough.

However, there is still some satisfaction to be had in holding the physical representation of one’s creation in your hands, not to mention that first royalty check, so you have to judge just how much that is worth to you.

Whatever your decision, good luck!

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