While I was home for the holidays, I was the speaker at the Rotary Club of Decatur Daybreak. It was a family affair: my mother, a past president of the club, introduced me; my father, who belongs to the other Rotary club in town, led the singing; and my aunt, who will be president of the club the year after next. My program was described to members thusly: “Come Hear Margaret Maloney describe the book publishing business! It will be a grand time for the Daybreak Club to see Margaret and get up-to-date on her life in the big city!”
Nothing like a hometown crowd, huh? It was indeed a grand time. I spoke for about 40 minutes (much longer than I was supposed to, really) and described the book publishing process, accompanied by this slideshow, which I doodled up during parts of meetings that didn’t pertain to me or my books. I didn’t record the presentation (I will next time!) but the slides give the gist of it.
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This was so cool and succinct. Nice notes. Thanks.
This is lovely! Often in my literature classes I have to explain how much of an impact publishing has had on the shape and form of literature itself. The process by which something lands in the readers hands has so much bearing on form and content that I sometimes spend an entire week on the history of publishing.
Well done.
Love these slides and am looking forward to recorded presentations next time
Thanks for sharing!
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