It was a laconic New York publisher who, on a business trip to the States a couple of years ago leant back and remarked, ‘it’s a publishing meeting, no one gets to leave until everyone is unhappy.’
I was reminded of their words reading Katy Loftus’ excellent piece for the Bookseller in which she reviews her decision to leave the world of corporate publishing a year ago and asks if it still seems like the right decision. Spoiler alert, it does.
I have
