Comments on: Review: The Art of Making Magazines

By: litlove

litlove — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:12:26 +0000

Oh please, please read Ruth Reichl! You will find her entertaining, I feel sure! I also like books about people’s jobs, but this is one instance where I prefer them to be written by Brits because we are so very keen on self-deprecating humour that most time is spent describing stupid/foolish/irrational things that the writer did in amusing ways. Or else it’s about the ridiculousness of the job – the TV series The Office is probably the most representative example of this sort of thing. And after all, if you do work in a great place and you write about it well enough, self-justification is entirely redundant.

By: Care

Care — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:18:32 +0000

In reply to Jenny. It's good, I enjoyed it. AND she has recipes, too.

By: Alyce (@AtHomeWithBooks)

Alyce (@AtHomeWithBooks) — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:32:28 +0000

That looks very interesting! I wanted to get involved in publishing and ended up in sales at a magazine publisher, and then later at a book publishing company. It wasn’t exactly what I had planned but it was fun. I would have liked to have gotten into the editorial side of the industry.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:47:27 +0000

In reply to NWK (@MumsyNancy). Yep, apparently! She became too well-known, and she had to wear disguises or else she'd get extra-fancy treatment and extra-fancy food.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:47:00 +0000

In reply to Teresa.

It wasn’t exactly what I expected — it’s a collection of lectures that were given to Columbia journalism students, not a collection of essays — but still really interesting.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:45:51 +0000

In reply to Jeanne. That's the one I was thinking of reading actually! Because I like the title, primarily.

By: NWK (@MumsyNancy)

NWK (@MumsyNancy) — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:27:55 +0000

Intriguing! I will look for Ruth Reichl’s book also, on Jeanne’s recommendation. Disguises, really? Who knew?

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:18:14 +0000

OMG! I just found out this week that this book exists, and I have to have it because magazine-making is my career, and I hardly ever see books about it. I like that it sounds like this one covers lots of different kinds of magazines and different aspects of them. Every magazine is a little (and sometimes a lot) different, so it’s fun to see how other ones work.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:46:22 +0000

My favorite of Reichl’s books is Garlic and Sapphires. She talks about her disguises, food, and her relationship with her mother and it is so well written you’ll eat it up like one of the delicacies she describes.