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Beast Books: Better, Faster, Cheaper ... or at least Faster

By Alfred Brophy

The New York Times has an article on a new agreement between Daily Beast and Peasus Books, to create a new imprint, "Beast Books."  The idea is to have Daily Beast writers produce books that'll come out sooner than the usual book.  The idea is to published them electronically first, then follow them up with a hard copy.

On a typical publishing schedule, a writer may take a year or more to deliver a manuscript, after which the publisher takes another nine months to a year to put finished books in stores.

Umm, yes, much more than a year in my experience.  The first title and proposed print run .... 

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on September 28, 2009 (boomark / email).