What's remarkable about the book business, in fact, is how little it has changed.

Hell, you know plenty about the book business from listening to me over the years.

But in the book business, being published is not the same as making money.

It's a good time to be in the book business.

But it would also be good for the overall book business.

They have limited funds and almost no experience in the book business.

But the book business here is nothing like its American counterpart.

The head of technology at a large publisher told me recently, "We're not in the book business anymore."

Inventory control is just one lesson that I have learned about the book business.

But that's an argument which those in the book business believe simply doesn't hold water.