Book Business Publishing: Past, Present, and Future, (Paperback)

from NeitherNora

This book, chronicling the work of a man who's been in the industry since the 1950s, is an interesting insight into the post-Golden-Age publishing business. The author's decade-old predictions of the "future" of reading are a dizzying mix of accurate and wishful. More of a memoir than anything el...

from timspalding

Stimulating, if a bit dated. Watch the Book-Notes instead.

from JFBallenger

Although the title may suggest a dry analysis of the book publishing industry, this book is much more the fascinating memoir of a man who worked behind the scenes at the center of post-World War II American literary life. Epstein vividly recounts his glory days at Doubleday where he created the A...

from trav

I can't tell you how much I enjoy reading informed and coherent opinions. Too many times people think volume and emotion automatically validate points and give arguments merit. Well Epstein needs neither volume or ranting emotions. He is well informed and gets you to think about publishing in new...

from RicDay

When I read this book shortly after its release, most of the predictions by Mr Epstein seemed to be some way off in the future -- if not a long way off. Looking back over the book last December (2008), I was struck by just how accurate most of those predictions have proven to be. Print on demand ...