> Only in your twisted world is a first-person account by a participant
> going to be branded an "ideological narrative."
You don't "work" in publishing. You work *for* people who work in
publishing.
It's like my driving to work makes me an expert on asphalt.
I worked in publishing--newspapers, magazines, books, advertising, PR.
Newspapers must exist first to serve their communities and customers.
They won't make any profit at all if they don't do that job. That's
obvious. Barely making a profit is more the norm for newspapers. The
ones that hurt the most recently and were the fastest to fold were part
of leveraged buyouts, incurring so much debt that the meager 'true'
profits from the papers couldn't cover the huge debt with interest piled
on top of that.
I've also done support work for publishing companies. What Tom does is
similar to what I did, but more technical. You can't work with a company
of that kind without understanding the culture, needs, procedures,
interactions, and still remain as a valued consultant to that company.
Your being on the ComputerGuys list reading posts about the publishing
industry, and in IT, doesn't make you more than vaguely familiar with
publishing, in the same way as reading a book or newspaper makes you
familiar with publishing.
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