Chris Anderson, editor of Wired, has this to say about print publishing in a recession:
The companies that are using this time right now are the tiny ones that are starting up. That’s what downturns are for, I think—sprinkling the seeds.
Publishers, are you sowing? Because the Bible says, "Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well." (Ecclesiastes 11:6). More than that, God's Word encourages those who sow in the downturns: "He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." (Psalm 126:6)
May the seeds you sow yield amazing returns.
The print [publications] that add value to the Internet are going to be
fine in this economy. But some kinds of print don’t make sense right
now. I’d argue that books don’t add value to the Internet...
Book publishers are likely to differ, stating that it is the Internet that should add value to books, and not the other way around! Nevertheless, Anderson adds:The companies that are using this time right now are the tiny ones that are starting up. That’s what downturns are for, I think—sprinkling the seeds.
Publishers, are you sowing? Because the Bible says, "Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well." (Ecclesiastes 11:6). More than that, God's Word encourages those who sow in the downturns: "He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." (Psalm 126:6)
May the seeds you sow yield amazing returns.
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