Sep
10
Links of the day
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How To Sell A Book? Good, Old Word Of Mouth (NPR)
Barnes & Noble in fresh spat with Burkle (Financial Times)
The Fallen Status of Books (Slate)
Austrian kidnap victim draws crowds to book reading (Reuters)
In Adding Book Section, the Wall Street Journal Bucks Trend (New York Times)
Wiley Has Good Start to Fiscal 2011 (Publishers Weekly)
Canadian iBookstore under federal review (Quill & Quire)
Espresso Book Machine: The 'ATM for Books' (Book Business)
Booksellers look to take a line on online (Sydney Morning Herald)
Barnes & Noble in fresh spat with Burkle (Financial Times)
The Fallen Status of Books (Slate)
Austrian kidnap victim draws crowds to book reading (Reuters)
In Adding Book Section, the Wall Street Journal Bucks Trend (New York Times)
Wiley Has Good Start to Fiscal 2011 (Publishers Weekly)
Canadian iBookstore under federal review (Quill & Quire)
Espresso Book Machine: The 'ATM for Books' (Book Business)
Booksellers look to take a line on online (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sep
09
Links of the day
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Handling holy books such as a Quran or Bible is a touchy subject (Florida Times-Union)
Robinson denies she received €1m for memoirs (Irish Times)
If Self-Published Authors Owned the Midlist (Forbes blog)
Tony Blair made the right decision to cancel his book party. They're a complete waste of time (Daily Telegraph blog by Toby Young)
Publishers, brands, and the change to b2c (IdeaLogical blog by Mike Shatzkin)
Franzen Fallout (The New Republic)
Robinson denies she received €1m for memoirs (Irish Times)
If Self-Published Authors Owned the Midlist (Forbes blog)
Tony Blair made the right decision to cancel his book party. They're a complete waste of time (Daily Telegraph blog by Toby Young)
Publishers, brands, and the change to b2c (IdeaLogical blog by Mike Shatzkin)
Franzen Fallout (The New Republic)
Sep
08
Barnes & Noble faces $100m Riggio bill, bankers say (DealReporter via FT.com)
Christchurch Writers Festival cancelled as booksellers recover from quake (Bookseller+Publisher, subscription required)
A life in books: Tim Waterstone (the Guardian)
Reed in Talks with ALA About Running Trade Shows (Publishers Weekly)
Links of the day
Published in Untagged by Rodney Burbeck | Comment (0)Hilary Mantel on winning the 2009 Man Booker prize (Daily Telegraph)
Barnes & Noble faces $100m Riggio bill, bankers say (DealReporter via FT.com)
Christchurch Writers Festival cancelled as booksellers recover from quake (Bookseller+Publisher, subscription required)
A life in books: Tim Waterstone (the Guardian)
Reed in Talks with ALA About Running Trade Shows (Publishers Weekly)
Sep
07
Links of the day
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Waterstone's has forgotten what bookselling is about (The Guardian Robert McCrum blog)
Six-month results of the five largest US trade publishers analysed (Publishers Weekly)
Industry Stocks: August performance (Publishers Weekly)
Bury St Edmunds library reopens after £2m refurbishment (BBC News Online)
Ray Bradbury, 90, is still chasing Martians (StarTribune.com)
Popular science books take off: a big bang in physics publishing (Daily Telegraph)
Five Reasons Why Best-Selling Authors Are Going Direct (Gizmodo.com)
Six-month results of the five largest US trade publishers analysed (Publishers Weekly)
Industry Stocks: August performance (Publishers Weekly)
Bury St Edmunds library reopens after £2m refurbishment (BBC News Online)
Ray Bradbury, 90, is still chasing Martians (StarTribune.com)
Popular science books take off: a big bang in physics publishing (Daily Telegraph)
Five Reasons Why Best-Selling Authors Are Going Direct (Gizmodo.com)
Sep
06
Links of the day
Published in Untagged by Rodney Burbeck | Comment (0)Tim Waterstone 'keen to buy back stores' (again) (The Independent)
Larry Ashmead, Editor With an Eye for Talent, Dies at 78 (New York Times)
Gail Rebuck: Power Behind The Prose (The Independent)
In an over-crowded, muzak-infested world, reading rooms are an oasis (The Guardian)
Sony finally brings its e-readers to Australia (The Canberra Times)
Cherie Blair in £800 court battle over Lord Mandelson's memoirs (Mail on Sunday)
Harry Potter, Tony Blair... can these blockbusters save the world of books? (The Observer)
UK libel rules: Change the goddam law (Rupert Murdoch's biographer on the hefty legal challenges he faced when his book encountered British lawyers) (The Guardian blog)
The image maker: How Taschen became art publishing’s heavyweight (The Independent)
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
20
Links of the day
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The Highest-Paid Authors (Forbes)
Riggio to Burkle: I’ll See Your Proxy Fight and Raise You a Million Shares (bnet)
E-Publishing Consultant Mike Shatzkin Challenged: 'He Doesn't Understand Books' (Seattlepi blog)
Retail sales in July outstrip expectations to rise 1.1% (The Guardian)
Online sales hit three-year high (BBC Business News)
Andrew Franklin: Writing on the wall (Edinburgh Festivals/Scotsman)
Richard Curtis: eBook Folly Leads to Innovation (digital book world)
Terence Blacker: Hands off our public libraries (The Independent)
Riggio to Burkle: I’ll See Your Proxy Fight and Raise You a Million Shares (bnet)
E-Publishing Consultant Mike Shatzkin Challenged: 'He Doesn't Understand Books' (Seattlepi blog)
Retail sales in July outstrip expectations to rise 1.1% (The Guardian)
Online sales hit three-year high (BBC Business News)
Andrew Franklin: Writing on the wall (Edinburgh Festivals/Scotsman)
Richard Curtis: eBook Folly Leads to Innovation (digital book world)
Terence Blacker: Hands off our public libraries (The Independent)
