Slog - Comments on Now Would Be a Good Time to Buy Something from McSweeney's http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/now_would_be_a_good_time_to_buy_somethin From the website for McSweeney's (publisher of excellent books, publisher of the McSweeney's quarterly, publisher of The Believer, publisher of DVD quarterly Wholphin): As you may know, it's been tough going for many independent publishers, McSweeney's included, since our distributor filed for bankruptcy last December 29. We lost about $130,000—actual earnings that were simply erased. Due to the intricacies of the settlement, the real hurt didn't hit right away, but it's hitting now. Like most small publishers, our business is basically a break-even proposition in the best of times, so there's really no way to absorb a loss that big.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:27:18 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:20:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gomez That is one hell of a fiscal gap for a fringe pub.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/now_would_be_a_good_time_to_buy_somethin#c740819 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/now_would_be_a_good_time_to_buy_somethin#c740819 Arts Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:20:16 -0800 Comment by Trevor By the way Wholphin is amazing. I definitely recommend that people subscribe since it's almost impossible to find in Seattle stores.

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/now_would_be_a_good_time_to_buy_somethin#c741775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/now_would_be_a_good_time_to_buy_somethin#c741775 Arts Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:08:45 -0800 Comment by Rev. Syung Myung Me DEFINITELY. Pretty much any of the McSweeney's stuff is amazing. Even just as Objects D'Art. And the most recent issue of Wholphin has a couple clips from a Japanese film called _Funky Forest_ which is what the phrase "Worth The Price Of Admission" was designed for. If you read this, and you get NOTHING else, get that issue of Wholphin.

Though, ideally, get more than that, too. Cause it's almost all pretty awesome.

]]> Rev. Syung Myung Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/now_would_be_a_good_time_to_buy_somethin#c741789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/now_would_be_a_good_time_to_buy_somethin#c741789 Arts Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:20:58 -0800