At the recent 140 Characters conference three publishing personalities — novelist/memoirist Kaylie Jones, HarperStudio Associate Publisher Debbie Stier, Beatrice.com curator Ron Hogan — wielded a karate chop to the current state of publishing, talking about social media, new business models, and the changes publishing is making and will be forced to make it. For full effect, Jones performed an actual karate chop. Check it out: http://blip.tv/file/2269504.