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Seems quixotic, given that their industry is in a slow, apparently inexorable implosion. Positions like hers have paid poorly since the beginning. The NYC publi

by tomcam 4y ago

Seems quixotic, given that their industry is in a slow, apparently inexorable implosion. Positions like hers have paid poorly since the beginning. The NYC publishing world has long been staffed largely by trust fund kids. OTOH if I were their employer I would feel ashamed to be paying someone that gifted $45K in Manhattan.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago
> The NYC publishing world has long been staffed largely by trust fund kids. So the market has been flooded by people who drive the price down; unfair competition, if you don't mind the captalism angle.
alephnerd 4y ago
The employers don't care. While they publish Clifford the Big Red Dog, they're also having extramarital affairs and fighting over scraps. [0] Pisses me off I enabled these guys asshole behaviors while buying books at the elementary school bookfairs. Thank goodness I learnt how to pirate epubs in middle school and was walking distance to a library. Also, explains why Elaine Benes was working in this industry (and who better to play the role of a trust fund socialite than another trust fund socialite. great actress though - Dreyfus' parts in Seinfeld and Veep were great) [0] - https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/inside-the-succession-drama-at-scholastic https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/inside-the-successi...
justin66 4y ago
> OTOH if I were their employer I would feel ashamed to be paying someone that gifted $45K in Manhattan. Their employer is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Management have had their capability for shame surgically removed as a condition of their employment.
- tomcam 4y ago
  Unfortunately the Manhattan publishing ecosystem has been this way since before even Rupert Murdoch was born. It was always cruelly exploitive for everyone except top-tier authors and employees at the top of the flowchart.

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Seems quixotic, given that their industry is in a slow, apparently inexorable implosion. Positions like hers have paid poorly since the beginning. The NYC publi

by tomcam 4y ago

Cthulhu_ 4y ago
> The NYC publishing world has long been staffed largely by trust fund kids. So the market has been flooded by people who drive the price down; unfair competition, if you don't mind the captalism angle.
alephnerd 4y ago
The employers don't care. While they publish Clifford the Big Red Dog, they're also having extramarital affairs and fighting over scraps. [0] Pisses me off I enabled these guys asshole behaviors while buying books at the elementary school bookfairs. Thank goodness I learnt how to pirate epubs in middle school and was walking distance to a library. Also, explains why Elaine Benes was working in this industry (and who better to play the role of a trust fund socialite than another trust fund socialite. great actress though - Dreyfus' parts in Seinfeld and Veep were great) [0] - https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/inside-the-succession-drama-at-scholastic https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/inside-the-successi...
justin66 4y ago
> OTOH if I were their employer I would feel ashamed to be paying someone that gifted $45K in Manhattan. Their employer is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Management have had their capability for shame surgically removed as a condition of their employment.
- tomcam 4y ago
  Unfortunately the Manhattan publishing ecosystem has been this way since before even Rupert Murdoch was born. It was always cruelly exploitive for everyone except top-tier authors and employees at the top of the flowchart.