Anne Trubek

As someone who both writes and publishes books, I was keen to read a well-reviewed, short text aimed at people like myself. I was not disappointed. This is a clear, well-written introduction to the world of publishing, full of information that both publishers and authors need to know. Anne Trubek is both, and writes from experience. I learned much more about book distributors, the system of returns, and galleys than I thought possible. The bottom line – for an author – seems to be this: Read lots of books. Write the best one you can. Get the biggest advance you can from your publisher – because that may be the only money you will ever see from your book. And finally, pray for sales. Nothing else seems to work.… (mais)

So, are we Rustbeltians a cultural phenomenon now? I will read this, but I hesitate......perhaps I should wait until after I have officially escaped the Rustbelt. This book might make us all out to be victims and there's nothing I hate more than the idea of being a victim. (I know, it's the thing that most of society aspires to, but I've always been a contrarian)

So much has changed since this book was published. Suddenly the urban elite are fleeing their cities like rats running from an ivory tower fire.

Suddenly the rural Rustbelt is attractive. We can be self sufficient; we don't need bloggers and gender relations mediators or most middle management for that matter. We can produce everything we need; we won't starve or lack clothing or shelter. We have people who can build their own vehicles from scrap parts if necessary. We generate our own electricity locally using dams and wind farms. We have oil and natural gas and we have refineries. Our water comes from our wells, not a reservoir in some other state. We are capable and more than ready to defend ourselves.

As the rest of the world falls apart, this isn't such a bad place to be.… (mais)

Reviewed together: The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting by Anne Trubek and The Missing Ink, the Lost Art of Handwriting (and Why It Still Matters) by Philip Henshaw, see
https://anzlitlovers.com/2019/04/07/the-history-and-uncertain-future-of-handwrit...… (mais)