"I have had the immense luck of having been able to practice this crazy job for almost fifty years, as Inge Feltrinelli called it, and which is also the best job in the world, as many of us think," says Jorge Herralde, and the job to which refers is, of course, that of editor.

This book begins precisely with the detailed description of an ordinary day in the life of an editor. And from there, a succession of texts of diverse origin – articles, speeches, interviews, diary entries… – make up a very complete tour of the secrets of the publishing sector and the evolution and the innards of Anagrama from its founding in 1969 to the present.

The reader will have access to an insider's vision – insightful and with touches of the trademark fine irony – of the publishing world; of the first years of Anagrama's career in the late Franco era and the Transition – including the fights with censorship, the kidnappings of books and even an arson at the distributor; of the creation and development of essential collections such as "Panorama of narratives"; of the importance of British humor in the catalogue; of the editor's intense relationship with Latin America, with special attention to Mexico and Argentina; of his time at the book fairs –Frankfurt, Guadalajara, Paris…–; of contacts with authors and fellow editors, such as those that occur during a trip to the United States with visits to Grace Paley, Eudora Welty, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Tom Wolfe, Sonny Mehta...; of the meeting with that unsurpassed generation of English authors baptized as the British Dream Team; of the intense social and cultural life during a stay in Paris evoked in a diary…

In addition to the priceless anecdote, the book offers a rich overview of the universe of publishing, portraits of writers such as Luis Goytisolo or Bolaño, of editors such as José Manuel Lara Bosch and Jérôme Lindon, and very juicy reflections on the book industry: the dangers of editorial concentration; the future full of uncertainties, but also of possibilities...