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The publishing industry, which I seem to recall has done its fair share of doom and gloom caterwauling when it thinks it might help change policy, has news for Garrison Keillor, who has apparently made himself relevant for a couple days by claiming the industry is doomed: we’re not dead yet.
While he’s free to correct us if we’re wrong, we’re pretty sure Keillor is no expert on the industry. And, call us crazy, but when we want to know about the future of publishing, we’d prefer to hear from people who know what they’re talking about. That’s why we’ve gotten in touch some of our favorite book editors, publicists, critics, and agents to see what they thought of Keillor’s piece. Read their insightful, funny, and sometimes scathing responses after the jump.
“Keillor’s jeremiad is wrong on so many levels, and proceeds from a place of such monumental self-regard and fundamental misinformation, that a proper rebuttal would require an entire afternoon and a minimum of ten double-spaced pages. That, or one satirical essay by Mark Twain or Colson Whitehead.
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May 31st, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Publishing might survive into the 21st century if it were as adaptable as old timey radio.
June 1st, 2010 at 8:16 am
So, Charles, do you mean adaptable in more of a “dependent on government funding” or a “forced to play Lady GaGa/Toby Keith in heavy rotation” way?
June 1st, 2010 at 1:21 pm
That is, made himself relevant by confirming his irrelevance.
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Oh, I was just trying to point up the irony of a declaration of obsolescence from someone (Keillor) who has built his career around a deliberate anachronism (old timey radio variety shows). But sarcasm doesn’t work on the internet, so it sounded like I was shitting on publishing.
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Gotcha.