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The Future is Now

On the old Soft Skull blog I had a category called The Future is Now. And, for me, that is now true. I’m leaving Soft Skull, as described in this press release.

Thanks for everyone out there for making Soft Skull what it is, above all the readers and writers whom we exist to serve and connect, along with my colleagues, paid and unpaid (!), who’ve put in vast amounts of hours, creativity, and intensity in order to bring those writers and readers together to create this thing we call culture.

When I explained to my colleagues yesterday that I would be consulting and freelancing, some were concerned this was a euphemism for leaving publishing. It is anything but. For me, my departure is actually about my passionate belief in the future of publishing, in the future of community built around long-form edited narrative texts, in the future of connecting writers and readers, in a Web 3.0 that’s about the filters. I’m going to take this opportunity to go even deeper into publishing, to double-down, to go all in…

So bookmark/follow/RSS me. Comment all over me. Books are a conversation, always have been, we’re just a little closer to understanding how, thanks to this social activity called the web. So let’s keep talking.

Richard Eoin Nash, Feb 25, 2009

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Richard,

I shall be interested to see where you take this new project.

Best,
Jim H.

http://wisdomofthewest.blogspot.com

    – Jim H. (02/26 12:15 AM)

Whatever you do, your loyal authors will be there to support you. If we have to rip off our collective jacket elbow patches and exchange them for metrocards to keep you moving to your next big thing, I am sure we will do it.

    – David Silverman (02/26 05:46 PM)

Richard, sad to hear the news.  Whatever I can do to help, let me know.  I’d been eyeballing Softskull for my 1st book.  If you have time to read, check out a little zine here:
http://coloredchalk.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=132

or my blog at:
http://whatdoesnotkillme.wordpress.com/

I’ll link to your site at my blog as well.

Good luck bro. 

Peace,
Richard

    – Richard Thomas (02/26 08:07 PM)

. . . to the best editor and mentor a young author could ever ask for! i’m very excited for your future, ricardo! you go, girl!

    – jonathan evison (02/26 08:54 PM)

I will miss our production check-ins and AIM/Helix collation updates.

Also the books. I like those too.

    – Adam K (02/27 04:19 PM)

Richard! A big move for you, and an exciting one. I’m anxious to hear what you do next, and will help however I can…best of luck!

    – beth (02/27 10:33 PM)

Let’s find a way to work together in braving the brave new world! Good luck. Scary but exciting.

    – Jeff Nordstedt (03/04 05:18 PM)

Richard,

I was just emailing you to let you know about my review, and you were gone!

http://www.theopinionatedparent.com/2009/03/25/the-food-of-love/

I wish you the very best in your new ventures.

Nicole

    – The Opinionated Parent (03/26 12:44 AM)

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