tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110021746423342105.post2669500787111206911..comments2024-03-22T15:20:40.893-07:00Comments on The Mike Robbins blog: A dispatch from Seething WellsMike Robbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14121103308562630665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110021746423342105.post-9089544229352092002016-05-15T06:36:32.081-07:002016-05-15T06:36:32.081-07:00And here, by contrast, is Jenkins saying something...And here, by contrast, is Jenkins saying something sensible and saying it very well. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/12/crony-capitalist-corruption-david-cameron-british-tax-havens-avoidanceMike Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121103308562630665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110021746423342105.post-23712124475177044702016-05-15T06:23:44.592-07:002016-05-15T06:23:44.592-07:00Ha! And if you read it on a Kindle he'd be get...Ha! And if you read it on a Kindle he'd be getting a royalty, though hardly a king's ransom, one suspects.<br /><br />He could have been a little more skeptical about these figures and what they actually meant. But my beef isn't with him; it's with the old-established publishing industry, which refuses to admit that the world has changed and that they now have to. The worst are the academic publishers, but general publishing also needs to think how it is going to adapt and survive - I think it can actually, but not by sticking its head in the sand and pretending that e-books and independent publishing do not exist.Mike Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121103308562630665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110021746423342105.post-5400403087605554942016-05-14T18:31:31.687-07:002016-05-14T18:31:31.687-07:00I will borrow Simon's book out of the library....I will borrow Simon's book out of the library.Eddiesilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886035255461955196noreply@blogger.com