Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

Monday during class we heard from  Sheila Burns, co-owner of Bloomsbury Books. I thought it provided a really interesting insight into the world of a small independent bookstore and how they are being affected by the rapid changes in the publishing … Continue reading →

There’s nothing like walking into a bookstore. The hushed voices, the smell of paper and ink tingeing the air. I love bookstores; all of them. I’m not too particular about whether it’s a chain or a local operation. To me, … Continue reading →

For the last four weeks in The History of Publishing, we have been discussing the challenges faced by contemporary authors. The phrase “Publish or perish,” comes to mind when I come to class everyday. Even though the phrase has been … Continue reading →

Tim Wohlforth, fiction and nonfiction writer for more than forty years, resides in Ashland, Oregon where he spoke to Ed Battistella’s History of Publishing class April 11, 2012.  Tim’s fiction novels are mostly crime and mystery based, two out of … Continue reading →