An update from the Soho Press offices on Broadway:

There was a brief interruption in labor today. Ailen in Marketing burst through the door post-lunch screaming: “Stop the presses!” The presses were stopped. She had picked up a tape casette of the 1997 Batman Forever soundtrack for $1.70 from a homeless man in Union Square Station. We spent much of the hour taking turns karaoke-ing Seal’s classic “Kiss From A Rose” and talking about the bronze era of film. Tragically, editor Mark Doten made a grammatical mistake, forcing us to reset the “No Work-related Accidents for ___ days” sign to 0. We were only three weeks away from 724, a new Soho Press record and a PB for Mr. Doten.

In financial news, Soho Press is doing its part to help out the recovering economy. We’ve hired three hundred unpaid interns, creating a bevy of new jobs to boost the struggling publishing industry. They have been divided into two teams: Team A and Team B. Team A is building sleeping quarters capable of housing three hundred unpaid interns, while Team B is boiling copious amounts of coffee in large bathtubs to keep Team A fueled and high-energy. Details to follow.

Posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 5:42 pm