Comments on: Tin House http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/ the internet literature magazine blog of the future Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tweet “workshop”. « We Who Are About To Die http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-190990 Tweet “workshop”. « We Who Are About To Die Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:46:52 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-190990 [...] All proceeds will go to the Tin House Fund to Save the Independent Bookstore. [...] [...] All proceeds will go to the Tin House Fund to Save the Independent Bookstore. [...]

]]> By: Lynne http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-84088 Lynne Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:56:04 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-84088 Wow. Lots of feelings about being asked to buy a publication when asking to be considered for publication. What's up? Isn't this a little like wanting to do all the talking and no listening? Wow. Lots of feelings about being asked to buy a publication when asking to be considered for publication. What’s up?
Isn’t this a little like wanting to do all the talking and no listening?

]]> By: Lynne http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-160411 Lynne Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:56:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-160411 Wow. Lots of feelings about being asked to buy a publication when asking to be considered for publication. What's up? Isn't this a little like wanting to do all the talking and no listening? Wow. Lots of feelings about being asked to buy a publication when asking to be considered for publication. What’s up?
Isn’t this a little like wanting to do all the talking and no listening?

]]> By: HTMLGIANT / Enough is Enough: The Slushpile is Not the Enemy http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-83774 HTMLGIANT / Enough is Enough: The Slushpile is Not the Enemy Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:39:28 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-83774 [...] I read this and then I read this, and then as we know there is the Tin House thing and Brevity isconsidering a reading fee to help fund honorariums and, [...] [...] I read this and then I read this, and then as we know there is the Tin House thing and Brevity isconsidering a reading fee to help fund honorariums and, [...]

]]> By: Tracy Lucas http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-83758 Tracy Lucas Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:38:30 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-83758 Yes. Clicky, clicky. Yes. Clicky, clicky.

]]> By: Tracy Lucas http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-160410 Tracy Lucas Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:38:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-160410 Yes. Clicky, clicky. Yes. Clicky, clicky.

]]> By: denise http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-83601 denise Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:38:04 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-83601 this is so wrong on so many levels...unfortunately it reduces the credibility of Tin House as a literary journal. Give your authors a little credit and stop treating them like they're in a pre-k set up... this is so wrong on so many levels…unfortunately it reduces the credibility of Tin House as a literary journal. Give your authors a little credit and stop treating them like they’re in a pre-k set up…

]]> By: denise http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-160409 denise Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:38:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-160409 this is so wrong on so many levels...unfortunately it reduces the credibility of Tin House as a literary journal. Give your authors a little credit and stop treating them like they're in a pre-k set up... this is so wrong on so many levels…unfortunately it reduces the credibility of Tin House as a literary journal. Give your authors a little credit and stop treating them like they’re in a pre-k set up…

]]> By: Tom http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-82534 Tom Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:10:10 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-82534 One very general point: though I do not agree with the basic tenets of free market capitalism, it is the structure we're stuck with. As such, businesses are free to succeed or fail, and a large part of that is adaptation over time. Independent bookstores, by and large, have not adapted, and have not figured how to compete with the more business savvy execs at the chains, at Amazon, et al. The explanation I've most often heard is that the problem lies in the owners' collective natural interest: books, as opposed to selling. They may have a point. I like books. I read a ton of them. Hell, I've sold books in independent bookstores. For years. And I'd be happy to see the business model continue into the future. But it's failing. Fast. Now, as interested parties, we are perfectly free to help them try to succeed. Tin House is doing so. Many of you are doing so. But at what point should we step back and say, 'You know what? This store is failing. This model is failing. Not through lack of community support, but through lack of business innovation, and in truth - they should be allowed to fail.' n.b.: I know of a store in the NYC area that was in serious trouble, largely because the owner was a terrible businessman. But instead of closing, the store was saved by a wealthy celebrity who simply donated a large chunk of money. Personally, I find that appalling. Maybe you don't. One very general point: though I do not agree with the basic tenets of free market capitalism, it is the structure we’re stuck with. As such, businesses are free to succeed or fail, and a large part of that is adaptation over time. Independent bookstores, by and large, have not adapted, and have not figured how to compete with the more business savvy execs at the chains, at Amazon, et al. The explanation I’ve most often heard is that the problem lies in the owners’ collective natural interest: books, as opposed to selling. They may have a point.

I like books. I read a ton of them. Hell, I’ve sold books in independent bookstores. For years. And I’d be happy to see the business model continue into the future. But it’s failing. Fast.

Now, as interested parties, we are perfectly free to help them try to succeed. Tin House is doing so. Many of you are doing so. But at what point should we step back and say, ‘You know what? This store is failing. This model is failing. Not through lack of community support, but through lack of business innovation, and in truth – they should be allowed to fail.’

n.b.: I know of a store in the NYC area that was in serious trouble, largely because the owner was a terrible businessman. But instead of closing, the store was saved by a wealthy celebrity who simply donated a large chunk of money. Personally, I find that appalling. Maybe you don’t.

]]> By: Tom http://htmlgiant.com/random/37068/comment-page-4/#comment-160408 Tom Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:10:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=37068#comment-160408 One very general point: though I do not agree with the basic tenets of free market capitalism, it is the structure we're stuck with. As such, businesses are free to succeed or fail, and a large part of that is adaptation over time. Independent bookstores, by and large, have not adapted, and have not figured how to compete with the more business savvy execs at the chains, at Amazon, et al. The explanation I've most often heard is that the problem lies in the owners' collective natural interest: books, as opposed to selling. They may have a point. I like books. I read a ton of them. Hell, I've sold books in independent bookstores. For years. And I'd be happy to see the business model continue into the future. But it's failing. Fast. Now, as interested parties, we are perfectly free to help them try to succeed. Tin House is doing so. Many of you are doing so. But at what point should we step back and say, 'You know what? This store is failing. This model is failing. Not through lack of community support, but through lack of business innovation, and in truth - they should be allowed to fail.' n.b.: I know of a store in the NYC area that was in serious trouble, largely because the owner was a terrible businessman. But instead of closing, the store was saved by a wealthy celebrity who simply donated a large chunk of money. Personally, I find that appalling. Maybe you don't. One very general point: though I do not agree with the basic tenets of free market capitalism, it is the structure we’re stuck with. As such, businesses are free to succeed or fail, and a large part of that is adaptation over time. Independent bookstores, by and large, have not adapted, and have not figured how to compete with the more business savvy execs at the chains, at Amazon, et al. The explanation I’ve most often heard is that the problem lies in the owners’ collective natural interest: books, as opposed to selling. They may have a point.

I like books. I read a ton of them. Hell, I’ve sold books in independent bookstores. For years. And I’d be happy to see the business model continue into the future. But it’s failing. Fast.

Now, as interested parties, we are perfectly free to help them try to succeed. Tin House is doing so. Many of you are doing so. But at what point should we step back and say, ‘You know what? This store is failing. This model is failing. Not through lack of community support, but through lack of business innovation, and in truth – they should be allowed to fail.’

n.b.: I know of a store in the NYC area that was in serious trouble, largely because the owner was a terrible businessman. But instead of closing, the store was saved by a wealthy celebrity who simply donated a large chunk of money. Personally, I find that appalling. Maybe you don’t.

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