Profit Shouldn’t Be A Bad Word

The shakeup at Random House in the past few weeks has many fuming about the health the quality book publishing business. But is that really what the message of this story is? So “the country’s major publisher made no bones about what’s important – profit. And, is that a bad thing? There’s no reason why a quality piece of fiction can’t make money, and so far, despite the schlock and superficiality found in the bookstores, publishers will continue to offer books worth reading because they sell, too.”