I’m very excited to speak next Saturday 3/5 in San Rafael for Sufi Women on “The Publishing Revolution.”
For years I’ve used that term to describe what Holt Uncensored is all about. Now for the first time I hope to answer two big questions about it in one talk:
#1 From the start, why did Americans follow the British model by allowing book publishers to locate in one place (the Atlantic seaboard at first, now New York), thus dictating to the tastes of the rest of the country? We certainly took our beloved newspaper presses Westward; why not book presses?
#2 Why don’t we call the present Internet era a transformation? What is it about the print-to-screen process that’s made it a publishing revolution? (Hint: arrogance and outrage, to be describe calmly.)
Coming with me will be a giant USA map (4 by 6 feet!) held up thanks to Sufi Women with clamps and tape and more than one easel, plus a red dot laser pointer used by actual snipers to show the glorious mess in media and book industries we’re living with now.
The energy of the crowd brings its own surprises, so come with burning questions and remember, the fee may be hefty ($30) but you get a terrific brunch plus the ambiance of golfers swearing outside the windows and me swearing calmly inside..
Pre-registration required but the great Sufi Women have extended the deadline to Wednesday 3/2. Here’s the information:
Patricia Holt
on
The Publishing Revolution
Saturday March 5, 2016
Brunch 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
The Club at McInnis Park
350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael CA
For reservations call: 1-415-472-6959
Or register online at ias.org/swo
P.S.: THANK YOU SUFI WOMEN, a spiritual and humanitarian organization to beat the band.