Thursday, July 14 2011
Print-On-Demand and the Future of Independent Publishing, Part 2
PopMatters speaks to major figureheads in the POD industry to determine where it is, what it can do, and most importantly, where it's going ...
Wednesday, September 8 2010
A Woman of No Importance?
Historically, so-called women’s fiction is a bit of a mess. The Bronte sisters, studied in literature and MFA programs the world over, were forced to publish under male pseudonyms, while authors such as Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott, who enjoyed some success in their respective periods, were still condescended to.
Thursday, April 1 2010
Penguin & the iPad: Taking Books to the Next Level, or Leaving Them in the Dust?
Apple's latest gadget, the iPad, hits shelves this weekend. There's been a lot of chatter on the interwebs and in the publishing world about how the shiny new tech may change the way we think of books.
Monday, November 16 2009
What’s More Dangerous on the Web—Hackers or Hacks?
Content producers have the power to be whomever they want, but if they let themselves be dictated too much by factors like Google, page views, and ad revenue, they end up simply joining a droning, mundane chorus of mediocrity.
Monday, October 19 2009
Nobody Puts Twitter in a Curation Corner
Twitter has fast become a land of curators. But where does curation go from here, and do we really want it to go there?
Monday, October 5 2009
Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour
The impossibility of getting a realistic love story published in Iran, a relationship gone off the rails, a mysterious assassin; how much more intrigue and frustration could fit into one story?
Wednesday, September 9 2009
Fear of a Mouse Planet: What Disney’s Acquisition of Marvel Means for the House of Ideas
The fears of a Disney planet are fears that these characters we cherish will be tinkered with or even taken away from us.
