• The Author-Editor Clinic, Seattle WA –
• Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod –
• Elgan: Why book publishing needs the Silicon Valley way – Computerworld –

• The iPad, the Kindle, and the future of books : The New Yorker –
• Scribd Partners with Blurb and Others to Offer Print on Demand – 2010-04-14 13:31:26 | Publishers Weekly –
• In His Private Books, Signs of Mark Twain as Critic – NYTimes.com –

• Add professional copy-editing to your writing process – Wordy –
• Author One Stop (Randy Peyser) –
• All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend « Whatever –

• Ten Tips for Proofreading Marketing and Advertising Copy –
• Hey, John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan Books, Screw You! –
• In Defense of Ghostblogging: Social Media Ethical Dilemmas –

• The Difference Between Ghostwriting and Developmental Editing | BLOG.POLISHEDPUBLISHINGGROUP.COM –
• 13 basic design concepts every copywriter should know –
• The Ghostwriter Agreement –
• Vervante – On Demand Publishing –

• The Copy Editor’s Lament: The Layoff Video – mediabistro.com: FishbowlLA –
• The Nation’s CEO Has a Ghost-Tweeter « Communication at Work –
• President Obama Admits That He’s Never Used Twitter, But Thinks The Chinese Should Be Able To –

• How to Craft an Effective Corporate White Paper Strategy | White Paper Pundit –
• Copyediting : Podcasts –
• Why You Need A Copy Editor [PIC] –

• copyeditor Salaries in San Francisco, CA – Free Salary Search | Indeed.com –
• Your Website’s Missing Ingredient : MarketingProfs –
• 5 Grammar Rules that Ruin Your Copy –
• Your Copy Sucks: You Don’t Even Know What “Edit” Means RBreakfastClub –

I, on the other hand, wanted to talk to Mitch about publishing. He’s said too many interesting things on Media Hacks recently. (Two of the other contributors to Media Hacks, Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, have just published a best-selling book together, and another one, Hugh McGuire, runs a book start-up.)

In this interview, Mitch talks about:

• His previous experience with the publishing industry
• The importance of having a platform
• The difference between writing a book and writing a collection of blog posts
• The powerful mystique that publishing a book retains even (or especially) in the age of social media
• The value of a good editor
• Why his publisher made his book more blog-like
• Distribution and business models in publishing
• What makes a book a book

Mitch is an incredibly articulate one-take podcaster. I’m not. I’ve edited this interview slightly for fluency. In particular, I’ve rearranged the beginning, because Mitch and I started our conversation before his introduction.

A big thanks to Mitch for such a fabulous interview.

Since they can’t keep Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone in the stores, I’d recommend you all buy it on Amazon (and give me a few cents in commission while you’re at it).

• How to Write Like You Talk — SkaareWorks –
• Top Ten Things to Think About Before You Go With Print on Demand –
• First Draft Secrets: Five Simple Steps –
• EFA: Resources: Booklets –
• Is Amazon Taking Over the Book Business? – TIME –