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I’m interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.
I think there’s a future where the Web and print coexist and they each do things uniquely and complement each other, and we have what could be the ultimate and best-yet array of journalistic venues.
It’s not that our family has no taste, it’s just that our family’s taste is inconsistent.
I think newspapers shouldn’t try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper.
Well, my background is journalism. I don’t have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.
McSweeney’s as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object.
But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it’s like to internalize all that chaos.
It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.
To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise.