>With cash like that to fuel its expansion, I can understand how
>Verso -- self-described "as a publisher combining editorial
>intelligence, elegant production and marketing flair" -- has, as
>they note, "quadrupled in size over the past decade." Verso's
>website also states that "the company will continue its progress
>towards the mainstream of the industry without compromising its
>radical commitment."
>
>I can see how Verso's fuck-the-author spirit makes it one with the
>mainstream of the industry, but I can't quite grasp how this does
>not compromise its radical commitment.
>
><http://www.versobooks.com/verso_info/about.shtml>
No one's getting rich at Verso. Its uber-boss, Perry Anderson, comes from money, and acts that way. But the rest of the operation gets by on a shoestring, though it's an elegant shoestring. And, like I said, I greatly admire the books they've published and most of the people who have worked there, and still do. Someone should tell the whole story sometime - it's pretty interesting. But I won't.
Doug