In the current publishing climate culture is always subsumed to business.Daniel WehnerIt seems too obvious to point out that publishing is a cultural activity, not just a process for corporations to make money. That being said, we rarely talk or write about publishing without talking about money, about book sales.
That’s because, even though...
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