Cultura Colectiva. Merchants of Culture: A Meditation on the Future of Publishing. By Maria Popova What Gogol, Seth Godin and TED have to do with the fate of the written word.
The year has barely begun and already it’s been a tremendously disruptive month for the publishing industry, with a number of noteworthy developments that bespeak a collective blend of optimism, fear and utter confusion about what the future holds for the written word as its purveyors try to make sense — and use — of digital platforms.