The Book Business and its Woes

A lengthy, but worthwhile article here by the VP of Farrar, Straus, & Giroux on the current state of book publishing:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090608/sifton

Toward the end, see her comments on advances and agents. Should we forward to McCrumble?

ps: How do you make a link 'live'?

pps: I'm sending this link to Will.