What Is the Business of Literature?

Editor's note: The following piece by Richard Nash will appear in our Spring 2013 issue, as the lead in a portfolio focused on the business of literature.As technology disrupts the business model of…
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The Top 10 Longreads of 2012

9. The Semplica-Girl Diaries George Saunders | The New Yorker | October 8, 2012 | 35 minutes (8,979 words) A father uses his lottery winnings for an extravagant birthday party for his teenage…
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The Amazon Effect | The Nation

1. Wasserman The Amazon Effect Amazon got big fast, hastening the arrival of digital publishing. But how big is too big? Steve Wasserman, former editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review, served as…
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6219 words)
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