The Way of Water

12/22/2009

The Way of Water

All six of us are aware that as we write our future best sellers, the industry we are trying to break into is in transition. We are treading into turbulent waters it seems. On his blog, best selling author-entrepreneur-agent of change, Seth Godin, (his description) takes issue with one publishing executive's year-end perspective. For would be authors it is worth a read.

Dec 22, 2009 12:57:52 PM | Posts by Donna, Publishing Industry

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