Fed up with the Byzantine quest of trying to get a book published, Stephen Markley decides to cut to the chase and simply write a hyper kinetic high-concept memoir about trying to publish a bookthis book, to be precise.Like a mobius strip in book form, the concept is circular, self-indulgent, andmaybe, possibly, hopefullybrilliant. This is the modern day saga of a plugged-in, hyped-up, idealistic, ambitious, arrogant, audacious, unyielding young writer, who's tired of waiting his turn. Like any work that claims gleefully and irreverently to be about nothing, it's really about pretty much everythingfrom the pitfalls of narrating your life as it unfolds to those tumultuous early years of adulthood when the promise of youth still holds the capacity to inspire awe. It is a story of strugglesto find your true voice in your work and in your lifegiven form as the author seeks a way to publish this book.
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This is called the "back cover copy," and you are no doubt familiar with its purpose. It describes what the book is about, so you can decide if you want to read it.
Here's the problem, though: I can't even describe this book, and I wrote the damn thing.(1)
Basically, it's like this: fed up with the Byzantine quest of trying to publish a novel, I decide instead to cut to the chase and write a memoir about trying to publish a book-this book, to be precise.
Of course, now you're saying to yourself, "That is stupid," which is fair. But then you'll read it, and you'll say, "Damn, that was actually pretty good."
Because obviously it's about much more than just publishing a book. It's about life and love and friendship; politics, pop culture, and basketball; sex, drugs, and mild, inoffensive, slow-tempo Christian rock.(2)
It's about the pitfalls of narrating your life as it unfolds, freaking out when an agent actually (spoiler alert!) takes an interest in this bizarre experiment, and the surreal shock you undergo when a publisher actually buys it(3) and you suddenly realize that every secret drunk, drug, and sex story you've related will now be required reading for your parents, aunts, ex-girlfriends, and thousands of strangers who-you were kind of hoping-would never find out that you once accidentally shut your penis in a dresser drawer.(4)
And finally, but most importantly, it's about those tumultuous early years of adulthood-the years when hope and fear and rage broil together and the promise of youth still holds the capacity to inspire awe. This is a story of those struggles-to find your true voice in your work and in your life. And the best part?
You pretty much know it has a happy ending.(5)
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这本名为《Publish This Book》的书籍,说实话,从封面设计到装帧质感,都透露着一种难以言喻的、略显“工业化”的冷峻气息。初次翻开时,我期待的是那种充满激情、引人入胜的创作心路历程分享,或是对出版行业内幕的深度剖析。然而,呈现在眼前的更多是一种流程化的、近乎技术手册般的叙述。它似乎非常注重“如何”将一本书推向市场这个行为本身,而不是聚焦于书的内容价值或是作者的情感投入。比如,在介绍排版规范的那一章节,详细到令人咋舌的字体间距、页边距的精确数值,虽然对于追求完美的技术型作者或许有用,但对于我这种更关心故事内核的读者来说,未免显得有些冗长和枯燥。我花了大量时间去揣摩作者想通过这种近乎冷酷的客观性传达什么信息,也许是想强调出版是一个严谨的商业过程,而非纯粹的艺术创作。但阅读体验上,就像在看一份详尽的设备操作指南,缺乏必要的“人性”温度,让人很难沉浸其中,需要极强的专注力才能跟上其严密的逻辑链条。它更像是一份工具箱,而非一本引人入胜的阅读体验。
评分这本书的行文风格,简直可以用“散文化”来形容,而且是一种带着浓重时代印记的散文笔法。它的句子结构常常非常复杂,充满了倒装和大量的修饰语,读起来有一种老派文人的韵味,仿佛作者正在对着一张泛黄的羊皮纸,缓缓诉说一段尘封的往事。这种风格本身具有一定的美感,尤其是在描述早期手稿流传和印刷术演变的历史细节时,画面感极强。然而,当它试图过渡到讨论数字出版或者自媒体平台内容分发时,这种古老的叙事方式就显得力不从心了。你会发现,作者似乎更擅长描绘那种需要油墨和纸张才能承载的厚重感,对于轻盈、瞬时性的网络信息,其笔触显得有些迟滞和不适。我得承认,我必须反复回读某些段落,才能完整捕捉到作者想要表达的完整意图,这极大地考验了读者的耐心。它更像是一部文学评论集,而非一本实操指南,其价值更偏向于对出版文化史的沉思,而不是对未来趋势的预测。
评分这本书最让我感到“超脱”的地方,在于它对“成功”的定义几乎是完全架空的。它没有提供任何量化的指标——没有预估销量、没有推荐的媒体合作渠道、甚至没有明确指出哪种书籍类型在当下最有市场前景。相反,它花了大量的篇幅去论证一个观点:出版行为本身就是对“永恒”的一种微小抵抗。这种立意非常高远,充满了浪漫主义的色彩,仿佛作者在云端俯瞰芸芸众生为了一本书的发行而奔波忙碌。这种精神层面的激励确实能让人感到一种超脱于商业竞争的平静,但如果我以一个实际操作者的角度来看待它,它提供的实际帮助几乎为零。我读完后,依然不清楚我的书稿应该投给哪种类型的出版社,或者如何设计一个有效的预售活动。它回答了“为什么我们要出版”,但对“如何”出版这个问题,它选择了一种近乎回避的、诗意化的处理方式。这本书更像是一场对出版信仰的深刻祈祷,而不是一本可以带入战场的实战手册,它满足了精神需求,却疏离了现实困境。
评分读完这本书后,我最大的感受是,它在探讨一个非常宏大且复杂的命题——“出版”的本质,但其切入角度非常独特,甚至可以说有些反直觉。我原以为会看到大量关于市场营销策略或者如何与编辑沟通的实用技巧,但这本书似乎完全避开了这些“捷径”。它更多地是在哲学层面上解构“被出版”这件事的社会学意义。书中有一段关于“作者身份的消解与重构”的论述,让我印象深刻,它提出,一旦作品进入出版流程,作者就从一个单纯的创作者,异化成了一个知识产权的载体。这种深刻的思辨性,使得这本书的阅读门槛相对较高。我常常需要停下来,反思自己过往对“畅销书”现象的理解是否过于肤浅。虽然观点犀利,逻辑也无懈可击,但坦白讲,对于渴望快速上手、解决燃眉之急的初次出版者而言,这种深度可能会带来一种迷茫感。它更像是一本写给出版行业研究者或者资深内容策略师的参考书,而不是一本“新手村”的指南。它挑战了太多既有的认知,但也因此牺牲了一定的可读流畅度。
评分我必须指出,这本书在结构组织上存在一些令人费解的跳跃性。它似乎没有采用传统的线性叙事结构,更像是一系列精心挑选的片段、笔记和未完成的草稿被随机地组合在一起。例如,前一章还在探讨版权法的国际差异,下一章却突然插入了一段关于古腾堡印刷机维护的琐碎记录,中间没有清晰的过渡句来承接。这种编排方式带来的阅读体验是极不稳定的——时而感觉自己正在接触到极度前沿的法律见解,时而又陷入对中世纪制本工艺的细节泥潭。这种“无序之美”的背后,隐藏着信息获取的巨大障碍。我尝试用思维导图的方式来梳理其中的关键点,但很快就放弃了,因为它们之间的关联性太弱,更多依赖于作者个人的隐秘逻辑。它要求读者自己去构建知识框架,而不是被动接受。对于那些习惯于清晰章节划分和主题聚焦的读者来说,这本书带来的挫败感可能会大于启发感。它更像是作者将自己脑海中所有关于“出版”的碎片信息一股脑倾倒出来,任凭读者自行打捞。
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