| Obscure in the Shade of Giants Volume II Edition Contributor(s): Gold, Jerome (Author) |
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ISBN: 0930773616 ISBN-13: 9780930773618 Publisher: Black Heron Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Business - Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.74" H x 6.42" W x 9.36" (2.11 lbs) 520 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Obscure in the Shade of the Giants follows the path of a hypothetical book, through interviews, from its author to its availability to readers. In this, Volume II of Publishing Lives, writers, publishers, distributors and booksellers talk about their or profession and what keeps them at it. Among the issues raised are author-publisher relations, the advantages and disadvantages of running a nonprofit press, the impact of superstores and dot.coms on the industry, the balance ( or lack of it) between commerce and art, and the varieties of distribution. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gold, Jerome: - Jerome Gold is the author of thirteen books, including the fiction collection, The Moral Life of Soldiers, and Paranoia & Heartbreak, a memoir of the years he spent as a rehabilitation counselor in a prison for children. He lives in Seattle, Washington. |