Sep
03
Links of the day
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Tony Blair's A Journey breaks sales records (Daily Telegraph)
Borders Working to Redefine Store Model (Publishers Weekly)
Apple Boasts of 35 Million E-Book Downloads, Ditches iTunes Logo (New York Observer)
I write a nasty book. And they want a girly cover on it, writes Lionel Shriver (The Guardian)
Dan Brown 'most unwanted author', says Oxfam (Daily Telegraph)
Burkle to Appeal Barnes & Noble Poison Pill Ruling (New York Times)
Borders Working to Redefine Store Model (Publishers Weekly)
Apple Boasts of 35 Million E-Book Downloads, Ditches iTunes Logo (New York Observer)
I write a nasty book. And they want a girly cover on it, writes Lionel Shriver (The Guardian)
Dan Brown 'most unwanted author', says Oxfam (Daily Telegraph)
Burkle to Appeal Barnes & Noble Poison Pill Ruling (New York Times)
Sep
02
Links of the day
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Borders Posts Quarterly Loss on 12 Percent Decline in Revenue (Bloomberg)
Publishers Struggle to Adapt to E-Books (and So Do Book Lovers) (New York Times)
Publishing Trends? I Haven't Got Any Ideas, says Benjamin LeRoy (Huffington Post blog)
Twist in the tale for digital reading (Financial Times)
Sony renews fight for e-reader territory (Financial Times)
Stig court case: BBC loses battle over Ben Collins book (BBC News online)
Richard and Judy reveal Book Club (with W H Smith) picks (Richard and Judy website)
Publishers Struggle to Adapt to E-Books (and So Do Book Lovers) (New York Times)
Publishing Trends? I Haven't Got Any Ideas, says Benjamin LeRoy (Huffington Post blog)
Twist in the tale for digital reading (Financial Times)
Sony renews fight for e-reader territory (Financial Times)
Stig court case: BBC loses battle over Ben Collins book (BBC News online)
Richard and Judy reveal Book Club (with W H Smith) picks (Richard and Judy website)
Sep
01
Links of the day
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Tony Blair publication day stories (Independent, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Daily Express, Sun, Daily Mirror)
Tony Blair Memoirs - A Bluffers Guide (Wall Street Journal blog)
Does a book's popularity guarantee its movie's success? (Los Angeles Times)
How do you sum up a life story in two words? (or what's in a book title?) (BBC News Magazine online)
Justin Bieber comic book prompts lawsuit threat (The Washington Post)
iPad, Kindle, Nook or Sony? What is the best e-book reader? (Chicago Sun-Times)
Stig wrangle continues in private (BBC News online)
Dublin's Merlin Wolfhound to cease publishing (Irish Publishing News)
Tony Blair Memoirs - A Bluffers Guide (Wall Street Journal blog)
Does a book's popularity guarantee its movie's success? (Los Angeles Times)
How do you sum up a life story in two words? (or what's in a book title?) (BBC News Magazine online)
Justin Bieber comic book prompts lawsuit threat (The Washington Post)
iPad, Kindle, Nook or Sony? What is the best e-book reader? (Chicago Sun-Times)
Stig wrangle continues in private (BBC News online)
Dublin's Merlin Wolfhound to cease publishing (Irish Publishing News)
Aug
31
Links of the day
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Burkle says no plans to control Barnes & Noble (Reuters)
People who know how borrowing books helped to transform their own lives now need to hold their councils to account (Guardian Editorial)
Reading Agency defends libraries' impact on literacy (The Guardian)
Publishers confirm that print dictionary market is disappearing so third edition of the OED is unlikely (The Guardian)
Eat Pray Love - the book that started it all (Daily Telegraph)
Amanda Knox senses the pen is mightier than the penal code (Guardian Newsblog)
Blair to avoid book protests with US trip (Daily Telegraph)
Burkle Defends Nominees, Charges B&N with Distortions (Publishers Weekly)
People who know how borrowing books helped to transform their own lives now need to hold their councils to account (Guardian Editorial)
Reading Agency defends libraries' impact on literacy (The Guardian)
Publishers confirm that print dictionary market is disappearing so third edition of the OED is unlikely (The Guardian)
Eat Pray Love - the book that started it all (Daily Telegraph)
Amanda Knox senses the pen is mightier than the penal code (Guardian Newsblog)
Blair to avoid book protests with US trip (Daily Telegraph)
Burkle Defends Nominees, Charges B&N with Distortions (Publishers Weekly)
Aug
31
Trailer: The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
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Aug
27
Links of the day
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Publishers are more relevant than ever in the digital era. (Ursula Mackenzie, Guardian)
Andrew Wylie blew his big chance. (BNET)
The new Kindle offers the best E Ink screen, the fastest page turns, the smallest, lightest, thinnest body and the lowest price tag of any e-reader. (New York Times)
Andrew Wylie blew his big chance. (BNET)
The new Kindle offers the best E Ink screen, the fastest page turns, the smallest, lightest, thinnest body and the lowest price tag of any e-reader. (New York Times)
Aug
26
Links of the day
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Random House may have stopped Andrew Wylie publishing ebooks by its authors, but the question of who owns digital rights in works written before the ebook era remains. (Sarah Weinman, Daily Finance)
Interview with Peter Collingridge of Enhanced Editions (which produced ebooks for Andrew Wylie's Odyssey). (Publishing Perspectives)
iAds may appear in iBooks. (CNET)
The London Libraries Change Programme, which now enters its third year of changing nothing, is about to appoint its fourth set of outside consultants. (Good Library Blog)
Interview with Peter Collingridge of Enhanced Editions (which produced ebooks for Andrew Wylie's Odyssey). (Publishing Perspectives)
iAds may appear in iBooks. (CNET)
The London Libraries Change Programme, which now enters its third year of changing nothing, is about to appoint its fourth set of outside consultants. (Good Library Blog)
Aug
25
Links of the day
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If we hold fast to the idea that libraries have to be lovingly cared for and decently resourced, the idea of inexorable decline can be contested. (John Harris, Guardian)
Barnes & Noble posts steeper-than-expected quarterly loss, says that proxy battle with Ron Burkle will put it even further in the red. (Reuters)
UK shoppers ordering wi-fi and 3G + wi-fi versions of the Kindle will have to wait until 17 September. (v3)
Research, based on publishers' revenues, suggests that Google Book Search is not harming them. (But the 2010 figures might not support this theory.) (techdirt)
Why we need publishers. (Huffington Post)
Barnes & Noble posts steeper-than-expected quarterly loss, says that proxy battle with Ron Burkle will put it even further in the red. (Reuters)
UK shoppers ordering wi-fi and 3G + wi-fi versions of the Kindle will have to wait until 17 September. (v3)
Research, based on publishers' revenues, suggests that Google Book Search is not harming them. (But the 2010 figures might not support this theory.) (techdirt)
Why we need publishers. (Huffington Post)
Aug
24
Links of the day
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HarperCollins will "vigorously defend" its right to publish The Stig's memoirs. (PA)
Some of the hostility to Tony Blair is madness. (David Aaronovitch, the Times, via the Australian)
Barack Obama's acceptance of an early copy of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom sets off "a small panic" in the publishing world. (New York Times)
With Amazon's new Kindle, I think they've more or less cracked it. (Sam Leith, Evening Standard)
Some of the hostility to Tony Blair is madness. (David Aaronovitch, the Times, via the Australian)
Barack Obama's acceptance of an early copy of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom sets off "a small panic" in the publishing world. (New York Times)
With Amazon's new Kindle, I think they've more or less cracked it. (Sam Leith, Evening Standard)
Aug
23
Links of the day
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The New York Times favours white male authors, according to Jodi Picoult. (Guardian) Also: Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) claims that 95% of US authors of
politically themed books reviewed in the NYT are white, and 87% are
male. (NPR)
Are Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his nemesis Ron Burkle the only people in America who still want to own a mega-bookstore? (New York)
Tony Blair's new book "is like a love letter to George Bush". (Latest attack from the Mail)
In advance of HarperCollins' publication of a memoir that the BBC is challenging, the Sunday Times claims to reveal the identity of The Stig from Top Gear. (Guardian)
Tom McNab self-publishes a new edition of Flanagan's Run, a bestseller for Hodder in the 1980s, in time for the release of a Miramax adaptation. (Herts Advertiser)
More than half of the students who read Flat World Knowledge's textbooks online for free choose to pay for POD, e-book and other editions. (Publishing Perspectives)
Are Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his nemesis Ron Burkle the only people in America who still want to own a mega-bookstore? (New York)
Tony Blair's new book "is like a love letter to George Bush". (Latest attack from the Mail)
In advance of HarperCollins' publication of a memoir that the BBC is challenging, the Sunday Times claims to reveal the identity of The Stig from Top Gear. (Guardian)
Tom McNab self-publishes a new edition of Flanagan's Run, a bestseller for Hodder in the 1980s, in time for the release of a Miramax adaptation. (Herts Advertiser)
More than half of the students who read Flat World Knowledge's textbooks online for free choose to pay for POD, e-book and other editions. (Publishing Perspectives)
