Slog - Comments on Random Speculation About Random House http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house According to the New York Times, Peter W. Olson, the chief executive of giant publisher Random House, and a man who looks like the main character in a 1980's John Updike novel-- --will resign. Or will be forced to resign by a penny-pinching boss, because profits at Random House (one of the three biggest publishers in the US) fell 5.6 percent last year. At least Olson was a heavy reader, and so he was likely to read a lot of the product he was responsible for. I shudder to think what'll happen if Bertelsmann, the German company that now owns... Copyright 2008 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:09:00 -0800 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:49:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Aislinn Bold tag!

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1015944 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1015944 Books Tue, 06 May 2008 12:23:01 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Get a fucking haircut. And some new glasses. Jesus Christ.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1015951 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1015951 Books Tue, 06 May 2008 12:24:58 -0800 Comment by Trevor Read it and weep:

http://www.versobooks.com/books/nopqrs/s-titles/schiffrin_books.shtml

Or, the cliff notes version:
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/3/28/andre_schiffrin_on_50_years_in

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016077 Books Tue, 06 May 2008 13:01:47 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant Why, thank you, Aislinn. I think your tag is pretty bold, too.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016152 Books Tue, 06 May 2008 13:36:24 -0800 Comment by Greg He looks more like the demented love child of a threeway between Steven King, Dean Koontz, and Ridley Pearson.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016272 Books Tue, 06 May 2008 14:19:02 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @5

There's some Tim Gunn in there, too. It just doesn't work.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/random_speculation_about_random_house#c1016331 Books Tue, 06 May 2008 14:47:51 -0800 Comment by left coast Olson was a penny-pinching boss who pushed out editors who thought writing was an art.

http://gawker.com/

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