Tag Archives: publishing

Moi on Book Publishing

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer was kind enough to highlight a comment I made on his blog about the demographics of the American book publishing world from 1985ish to 2001ish, a stretch when I was professionally covering the field. (I … Continue reading →

Linkage

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: An interesting look at the sugar-baby / sugar-daddy phenomenon as it’s playing out in the Bay Area. Australian male escorts are doing well for themselves. Lloyd Fonveille shares some smart thoughts about Westerns and manhood. “Pulp Fiction”: … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged bertolt brecht, books, Lloyd Fonveille, nomi prins, publishing, pulp fiction, Quentin Tarantino, sex, sylvie guillem | 6 Comments

“Flashman”

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I just finished the first volume of George MacDonald Fraser‘s high-spirited and rollicking The Flashman Papers series. For those new to the books, the series of 19th century historical novels chronicles the exploits of an English army officer and self-described … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Afghanistan, Allan Quartermain, alternative literary history, Arthur Conan Doyle, Aubrey-Maturin, boys' own adventures, Brigadier Gerard, British Empire, C.S. Forester, Don Quixote, Douglas Adams, East India Company, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edward Said, Feminism, Flashman, Game, genre fiction, George MacDonald Fraser, H.R. Haggard, historical fiction, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Horatio Hornblower, Ian Fleming, India, indigenous warlords, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Bond, James Ellroy, Joseph Conrad, Kabul, Lord of the Rings, men's fiction, n-word, Orientalism, P.G. Wodehouse, Patrick O'Brian, Professor Challenger, public doman, publishing, Robinson Crusoe, sexy native girls, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan | 28 Comments

And Who Mourns Vaudeville?

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Brundle Guy

Brundle Guy writes: The times, they are a-changing, as the man once sang. They certainly are for the industry I work in, comic book publishing. It’s odd, in a time where comics have greater cultural cache than ever before, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Personal reflections | Tagged change, Comics, economics, marketing, publishing | 8 Comments

Sailer on Broyard and “Passing”

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Steve Sailer has been writing (and leading discussions) about the topic of “passing” — the way some black people “pass” as white. (See here, here, here and here.) One of his examples has been the late writer … Continue reading →