The Plug is Pulled on TSTC Publishing
June 24th, 2012
Sad to say, I found out that TSTC Publishing has been shut down by the administration of Texas Sate Technical College. Not surprisingly, according to an article in the Waco Tribune, this is about cost cutting in a time of economic stress.
Unfortunately, casualties of the cost cutting are the benefits of bringing more economically priced textbooks to students and the real-world publishing experience interns from TSTC and Baylor University received.
My heart goes out to all the good folks there, although Mark Long and Sheila Boggess are really the two people I’ve had any regular contact with. I hope they both go on to the bigger and better things of their choosing. More problematic is the loss to countless interns, or would-be interns, who will miss out on training that could lead to a leg up in a still disjointed job-seeking environment.
They all deserve better. It really is too bad the administrator who ultimately made this decision missed what TSTC Publishing added to TSTC and the value it provided Texas taxpayers.
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1. Katharine O'Moore-Klopf | June 24th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
I think the college’s decision is a huge mistake. Mark Long and TSTC Publishing were doing innovative things while providing much-needed technical books for several professions and some very entertaining books on Texas history. And they gave their interns truly valuable experience.
2. admin | June 24th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
I hear you, Kathy. And there’s the added plus that you and I met thru our TSTC Publishing connection. I hope Mark’s Dystopia Press makes a go of it. I’m amazed at how short-sighted TSTC’s administrators are.
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