Cursor
The new issue of PW, has a lengthy article by Richard Nash about his new venture (in collaboration with Dedi Felman), which is called Cursor: After months of work, with Dedi’s help I outlined my vision for a new venture at this year’s BookExpo America. Then called Round Table, now tentatively called Cursor, ...
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Richard Nash on the Future of Publishing
Very interesting speech from Richard Nash on the future of publishing and the need for publishers and readers to be more connected: (Some Twitterer mentioned that Richard seemed a bit like Tom Cruise in Magnolia . . . I can see that.) ...
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You Can Take the Man Out of Publishing, But . . .
He may have resigned from Soft Skull, but as evidenced in a recent post, at his personal blog—always a source of great erudition and entertainment—Richard Nash still has a lot to say about the business of publishing, the so-called “death of the book,” etc.: People, the book will live on with the ...
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Richard Nash to Leave Soft Skull
Sad to see one of my favorite publishing people leave their job, but based on his post on Soft Skull’s blog I’m actually encouraged about his future: When I explained to my colleagues yesterday that I would be consulting and freelancing, some were concerned this was a euphemism for leaving publishing. It is ...
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Richard Nash on Publishing in a Recession
The latest entry in Scott Esposito’s fascinating series of interviews with independent publishers about publishing during a recession is now available online. This time he talks with Richard Nash, publisher of Soft Skull, and one of the smartest (and most articulate) people in the field when it comes to talking about ...
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Future of Publishing, Again
It’s probably not the best strategy to wait until things start to implode to talk about flaws in a particular business model (*cough* investment banking cough auto industry cough), but now that the publishing industry is falling apart it seems like there has been an enormous number of articles about what’s wrong ...
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Metaphysics of Literary Production and the Death of Publishing
Richard Nash is teaching a class with the above title at Columbia this spring. Sounds really interesting: Forty years ago Roland Barthes announced the “Death of the Author,” yet not only are there more authors than ever, but more with more blogs, websites, and YouTube trailers. Now, it is the “Death of ...
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