Publishing and desperation

This great Jacket Copy post includes the following quotes:

[P]ublishers were at heart “a slow-moving, retarded group of people.”

And:

“Publishers are square-dancing on a sinking ship.”

The speaker is described thusly:

Whiskered, sporting a fedora and a sly grin, he is the kind of attendee conferences love to have. He's here because of his popular Twitter stream, Sockington, in which the travails of his cat, Sockington, are meted out 140 characters at a time.

I also take all of my advice from people promoting cats. Seriously. Worth the read for hilarity!