Publishing
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
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My First Million 
How I Built This
4 statements about Publishing, every show
Jack Carr: Book publishing is a legacy industry slow to adapt
“Publishing really hasn't kept up. It's a very legacy type of a business, and they do so well because they've been around for so long, so they're very entrenched in what they do, and they make some money, but they're safe as far as business goes. Very slow to a…”
Perkins pitched VCs that no publishing incumbent survives new technological eras
“And what you'll see, dear investor, is that no industry player has actually ever been able to go from one industry to the next and actually still maintain being the market leader. And so every single time there was a new era, a new market leader emerged.”
Howey: Freedom of choice in book production beats publishers' economies of scale
“I would much rather choose my own editor than sign with a publisher and just get stuck with whatever editor they assigned to me. And I think freedom of choice is better than economies of scale.”
Howey: Overhead and Marketing Drive Book Costs Far More Than Printing
“The, most of the cost is the overhead they have for their, you know, stupid building in, in Manhattan, which is the dumbest place To set up a publishing empire, but that's where they've decided to do it. And the editorial costs and the promotion and marketing …”