[FM Discuss] I think we're on to something with our Book Sprint :)

[adam hyde]

and i heard about these whacky things called 'newspapers' ...some of
them can write hundreds of thousands of words every day for a week,
every week

crazy stuff...makes us look like amateurs ;)

adam


On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 19:08 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Andy Oram <andyo at oreilly.com> wrote:
> > The most impressive publishing cycle I've encountered was a book on the Israeli invasion of the Entebbe airport in 1976 to rescue hostages. Naturally, the attack shocked and titillated the world. I clearly remember seeing a book on the shelves of a local bookstore one week later. I might be off by a bit, but it was still an amazing rush jo.
> >
> > Andy
> 
> The Pentagon Papers and the Nixon tape transcripts were out in
> paperback the day after they appeared in the newspapers. There have
> been a number of other such cases. There is a small industry devoted
> to making this possible, made up of people and businesses that can
> push back their regular responsibilities for a day when needed for a
> rush job of mass typesetting, cover layout, printing, and binding. The
> distribution network is prearranged so that they can hit the racks in
> most cities in one day, and blanket the US in two.
> 
> Naturally, this only works when no editing is needed.
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anne Gentle" <annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
> > To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:31:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: [FM Discuss] I think we're on to something with our Book Sprint :)
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/books/30quic.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=book%20publishing&st=cse
> >
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