September 2010
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“Hasn’t ‘the tremendous expansion of the literary talent pool’ and its systematic...”
– Elif Batuman, Get A Real Degree, London Review of Books
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Fictionwise will shut down dedicated publishers'... →
Customers will be redirected to the main Fictionwise website.
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“I first met McEwan many years ago, before I was published myself. I was...”
– Zadie Smith talks with Ian McEwan. via ennelletti. (via tobia)
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“Overwhelmingly, e-books and e-readers have emphasized — and maybe...”
– Tim Carmody, E-books are still waiting for their avant-garde, Wired
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Wall Street Journal will launch a weekly pullout... →
Does this mean that they’re not losing readers and bleeding money?
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Jay Rosen's advice to the next generation of... →
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Free Download of Cory Doctorow's collection of new... →
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Gizmodo gives us 5 reasons why best-selling... →
I can’t think of any household-name-type bestselling author who’s done this, though. While I’m for digitizing every damn text in the world (Instant access! Weightlessness!), I believe we still need information filters, and traditional publishers do that very well, even if they’re not going to be the only ones in the future.
But right now, digital trumps dead tree when it...
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E-readers conform to traditional book sizes. →
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Forever Young Adult is a blog about YA fiction. →
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Hachette UK hires digital director to oversee... →
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August 2010
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