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1:07 pm Mon
Jan 12, 2009
The folks at Macmillan digital in NYC produced this thigh-slapping contrafactual account of the internal workings of book publishing. I especially like the idea that "Second Life and World of Warcraft Avatars" constitute the bulk to digital publicity spending, and result in the majority of book sales.
From the Typewriter to the Bookstore: A Publishing Story
Japanese historian Nick Kapur unearthed "Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi" (童絵解万国噺), a wonderfully bizarre illustrated Japanese history of the USA from 1861, filled with fanciful depictions of allegedly great moments in US history, like "George Washington defending his wife 'Carol' from a British official named 'Asura' (same characters as the Buddhist deity)."
“I swear the secret ingredient is crack!”
“Maximus the Akita refusing to come inside yet again,” or COCAINE’S A HELLUVA DRUG, you pick.
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