tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post6981299712669722806..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Publishing giants' merger talks could could cost many Kiwi jobsBeattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-2901116067563624192012-10-27T18:35:41.231+13:002012-10-27T18:35:41.231+13:00Hodder & Stoughton set up the so-called new mo...Hodder & Stoughton set up the so-called new model in the 1960s with its warehouse/office set-up in then-cheap North Shore. Now that so many majors are warehousing out of Aussie, does that model work anymore when most editors, publicists and writers are living in Ponsonby, Gay Lynn, Kelburn, Mt Victoria and Maori Hill? As a Wellingtonian, I still find it strange that authors go to a diminishing number of outdated forklift-driven N Shore warehouse/office complexes staffed by people who live far from 'emGavin McLeannoreply@blogger.com