The industry blog GalleyCat is up right now with a series of posts for every month of 2008 breaking down more or less the major news in publishing as it happened. And what a year. Lay-offs, lawsuits, fabrication scandals; you'd think it was newspapers!
For a writer, having to ponder this stuff is not ideal. But even from my perch here in Mexico, plugging away far from the New York bubble, we were also negatively affected last year by the chaos of the U.S. media market. Don't worry. My book on Mexico City is still on its way. Delivery date has been pushed back some, however. If all goes well and there are no more unpleasant surprises, expect to see my title in early to mid 2010.
* Just accidentally broke a plate. To start a new year, that's good luck, right?
