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   Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 04:53:18 JST Glyn Moody

   #Microsoft launches #imprint that aims to be faster than traditional book #publishing - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/21/microsoft-launches-imprint-to-speed-up-traditional-book-publishing "Named after an Intel microprocessor, 8080 Books aims to ‘shorten the lag between the final manuscript and the book’s arrival in the marketplace’ "

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 17:37:17 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Todd Knarr

     @tknarr maybe they will go for print on demand....

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     Todd Knarr (tknarr@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 17:37:18 JST Todd Knarr

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     @glynmoody Methinks they're too optimistic and will find most of the time-consumers on the tail end are intractable: determining print run size, printing, binding and distribution.

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 01:50:38 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Todd Knarr

     @tknarr Amazon uses it, so it's probably a viable approach

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     Todd Knarr (tknarr@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 01:50:39 JST Todd Knarr

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     @glynmoody I'd love to see that. Maybe they can solve the unit-price problem with it?