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mckitterick) wrote2007-01-03 10:46 am
mckitterick) wrote2007-01-03 10:46 am
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the future of editing
I occasionally mention cool stuff that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jaylake posts, and this morning he already posted links to a couple of cool things including a car show with nothing newer than 1932 and the warm-blooded plant article. This got me thinking:
Jay is my "cool-web-stuff" editor. No, seriously, this is where I believe editing will go: People who pick things that we like more than other things - not necessarily pros (at first), but because of blogs and websites, they will become the editors of the future. One expects they'll find ways to make a living from this. This will provide new opportunities for authors and other types of creators. I mean, think about the YouTube example: Imagine someone picking their favorites and providing a set of links to the most funny or most interesting or whatever movies... wouldn't you pay a subscription fee for that? It's a new TV channel! Same for books and so on. All they'd need to do is create their own delivery system and, blammo! A new publisher is born!
Soon this will force New York publishing to make some changes that they're not making organically.
The Future Is Now.
Chris
jaylake posts, and this morning he already posted links to a couple of cool things including a car show with nothing newer than 1932 and the warm-blooded plant article. This got me thinking: Jay is my "cool-web-stuff" editor. No, seriously, this is where I believe editing will go: People who pick things that we like more than other things - not necessarily pros (at first), but because of blogs and websites, they will become the editors of the future. One expects they'll find ways to make a living from this. This will provide new opportunities for authors and other types of creators. I mean, think about the YouTube example: Imagine someone picking their favorites and providing a set of links to the most funny or most interesting or whatever movies... wouldn't you pay a subscription fee for that? It's a new TV channel! Same for books and so on. All they'd need to do is create their own delivery system and, blammo! A new publisher is born!
Soon this will force New York publishing to make some changes that they're not making organically.
The Future Is Now.
Chris