Comments on: Sound the trumpets

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:46:21 +0000

Thanks so much, TIm

By: Tim Law

Tim Law — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:05:57 +0000

Hi Jeff,
I love the book and am using it for my entrepreneur/ business development seminars! Going through it for the second time and hope you don’t mind how much I dogeared it, underlined it, etc.
It is awesome!
Thank you so much for getting it out there!

By: Hulabamoo

Hulabamoo — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:12:23 +0000

Congratulations, I look forward to reading it.

From BuzzMachine:

“The book will freeze-dry onto paper many of the ideas we explore here. And I’ll continue to explore them here as I write. I decided to approach the book/blog relationship that way, rather than putting up finished chapters and asking you to react to them. It’s more interesting and more valuable to me to have a discussion about our experiences as part of the process.”

The ‘more valuable to me’ part makes more sense in light of your comments above . Best of luck with the editing process and your heavy schedule.

By: crawford

crawford — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:58:12 +0000

I’m already looking forward to the darkside follow up best-seller, What would Walmart* do?

By: Kirk LaPointe

Kirk LaPointe — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:27:18 +0000

We all want autographed copies, but not using the virtual autographer.
If we can’t save the ink-on-paper medium, we at least can save ink on paper — and the pens that go with them.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:03:21 +0000

Harper Collins does have an e-book div, and it would be grand if you were part of that channel. I don’t know if they “play” on the Kindle, though.

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:49:40 +0000

Sold it to Collins (HarperCollins); out in January.

By: Dorian Benkoil

Dorian Benkoil — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:09:32 +0000

Congrats. Money’s a good explanation. How you gonna sell it? (nod to Coellho).

or do you mean money from ancillary stuff?

By: Digidave

Digidave — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:37:22 +0000

w00t indeed!!!!!!!

By: Brit

Brit — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:10:10 +0000

I’d like to submit that the “dead tree technology” accusation is facile, at best. Now that you have, perhaps, some free time, Mr. Jarvis, may I recommend this splendid book to you: “The Library at Night,” by Alberto Manguel. See, particularly, the chapters “The Library as Order,” and “The Library as Island.” The book is not and cannot be supplanted by the Web, and Manguel’s argument is persuasive and beautifully written.

By: Dave LaFontaine

Dave LaFontaine — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:30:20 +0000

Congrats – although a stickler New Media copy editor would correct your exclamation to the more correct 1337speak “w00t” … or is that being too pedantic?

As far as the dead tree vs. digital argument: Cherchez la cash, baby. The point isn’t to be all shinytech cuttingedge just for the egostroke. The point is to find a business model that works, is appropriate for the content, and reaches the intended audience when, where & how.

That said, I’ll be able to get this on the Kindle, right?

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:25:52 +0000

Irony fully noted in the book. Very simple explanation: Money.

By: robertdfeinman

robertdfeinman — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:22:50 +0000

Jeff:
Ironic that you, the pied piper of new media, uses dead tree technology to get your point out, don’t you think?

You have it finished and it could be out tomorrow if you posted it online. It seems that the laws of commerce haven’t caught up with the new distribution options. (Did you cover that in your book?)

By: Shafqat

Shafqat — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:53:02 +0000

Congrats Jeff! You have a lot of readers who are looking forward to reading your book. Woot indeed!