RMS: What edited in Mexico when the statistics do not report high readership in our country?
David Ortiz Celestino : The issue to edit, search for authors, try to get sponsorships to survive (or resistive) is always compensated when you discover that in our country, perhaps today more than ever there is a proliferation of great writers, authors are very successful are undoubtedly sufficient pretext for almost anyone to read. Even more rewarding is to see that literature-which is the subject that interested me has been decentralized in a manner barbarous. Today is no categorical imperative to go to Mexico City to see what is happening in the country. Take only a matter of out to convince other states that good literature has no designation of origin, but fortunately is feeling very good health in general. In Mexico, the percentage of reading has been historically low, however, I find it hard to decline, by contrast, are more likely to be on the rise now that there are highly efficient means to disseminate it. The instruments are there, just a matter of the editor put his talents into play and make things relevant.
RMS: is said that independent publishers are the habitat of Mexican literature, but also the work of the editor is very little recognized. What do you attribute this disparity between the effort expended and little reward received?
DOC: this disparity may be noted as a natural consequence that matters to the reader who is the author, it is visible. The best reward you can receive the editor (in addition to the economic, of course) is to have the author or authors who published (promoted, if seen from a pragmatic aspect) to be read. The fame, the recognition of an author, no doubt come along with the quality and commitment of its editor and the entire device rotates it around the publishing industry. When there are flaws in the book is when the editor comes to light. He who does not speak or reference signal or the editor is that things were good or that ultimately the book or newspaper is not worth it. In these last respects to personal opinion, is the most we should be concerned.
RMS: What is your perspective on e-books and internet? How do you think they affect your work as editor?
DOC: affect, yes, but in a positive sense. I think that if young people and adolescents, those familiar with new technologies, able to read a whole book in your e-book, if only for novelty, always a great achievement for any editor. The e-book, despite its high price, can be very useful, as it has the ability to load in it a number of electronic books or files that would otherwise be impossible to move. As for internet I think it is a working tool now unavoidable. As editor, such as display manager and literary, both blogs, podcasts, the web pages and Facebook become a great help to meet the authors who publish and make contact, locate and know what to write. It is difficult to do without them, especially if your job depends on establishing professional relationships with authors from other states and countries and to investigate what are contributing to culture. But also, like everything, is tricky. While the national literature has many great authors, there is also a scandalous proliferation of people who tend to write quite unfortunate texts indiscriminately and brings her personal page or group, thereby achieving a wealth of information that gets complicated -not impossible, but quasi-editorial work. That's where our real work begins as an editor, which is to read, sort, rule and select from among all the good and the best
RMS: Do you think the web was able to move to the books and physical magazines?
DOC: think it's a "natural" process, but the paper does not disappear altogether. The reduction of this undoubtedly will be of great help, as will lower the indiscriminate deforestation and all its attendant evils. Looking
more romantic side, I think there will always be this need to have synaesthetic the physical book, reading it, smell it, touch it, to leaf through it, to manipulate, to include him as a fellow traveler, to resort to it without fear that the battery runs out or scratching the screen or falling to the floor and no longer serve. I think that nobody is willing to dispense with this type of stimuli.
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