May 2009
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Writer Dan Baum twittered the story of his... →
Read the originals here (entries from 8 - 13 May) or the compilation on his website. Also, why can’t we just say “Twitter controversy” instead of “Twitterversy”?
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Know your indies! Q&A with Gaspereau Press... →
Even indie publishers are laying people off. This time, it’s Gaspereau Press, producer of achingly beautiful books like this one.
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Sneak peek: Plastic Logic's touchscreen only... →
“Kara asks about lag between pages, but is assured that this will improve over time.” I’m sure, but you’re saying that there IS one and it’s probably a couple of seconds long, yes? ;)
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More cost-cutting at the NYT, who is closing down... →
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Why print journalism must invariably die. →
Hyperbole. I think the author is confusing format with content. The printed newspaper may be on its last legs, but “print journalism”?
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Wired: Apple rejects e-reader app because users... →
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Guardian: Is this the end of quality non-fiction... →
(Personally, I don’t think so.)
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The Nation: The long goodbye? The book business... →
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10 reasons why e-books should be priced lower than... →
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Independent bookseller Indiebound has its own... →
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Publisher Fail.
This happened at SXSW in March, but the two articles are still interesting. I don’t know who the panelists were apart from Clay Shirky, and would like to get their side of the story, but it is appalling that they came to a session called “New Think for Old Publishers” without anything for the audience.
I love that this NY Mag article on the benefits of... →
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Guardian: 5 myths about the End of Literature. →
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Mike Shatzkin at IdeaLog responds to the NYT article below. According to him, the article misses a couple of things, namely the iPhone’s “strategic importance particularly in relation to Amazon and Kindle”, and the labyrinthine e-book supply chain.
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NYT: Readers balk at paying more than ten dollars... →
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Jonathan Ross has founded a Twitter book club. He... →
Can't find a publisher? Scribd to the rescue! →
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Free books, higher sales? At least someone is... →
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Fetish Swedish.
I’ve noticed an influx of books written by Swedish crime-fiction writers in stores recently. I’m not complaining, but I’d love to see other genres translated as well. The TLS suggests that “their relentlessly bleak view of the world makes us feel that our lives are better than we imagined, allowing us the pleasure of wallowing in pessimism at a safe distance.”...
Amazon muscling in on publishers' territory? →
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The NYT has an R&D group, and they use the term... →
