Today’s links of interest:
- How our brains learned to read
Reading is, apparently, only about 5,000 years old while our brain, in current form, is closer to 200,000. Review of Reading in the Brain. - 750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy
Read and remember this article when you read that pirates are killing the book business. - Pirates find easy new pickings in open waters of e-book publishing
So far, no real sourcing on the numbers. It would be helpful if we could start this discussion with a firm foundation. - Harlequin Horizons Now DellArte Press
There you have it. - Straddling the Political and the Subjective (or Why the PW Top 10 List Has the Right to Offend, but Is Still Offensive)
Very good article by Gina Frangello. So really, why don’t men read female authors? - Spain’s E-book Business Stuck in Beta
As ebook fever spreads to the rest of the world, the rest of the world lacks infrastructure and business models. Challenges galore (and opportunities galore!). - BDO poised with decision on Borders ‘imminent’
While the US publishing industry slouches toward Thanksgiving, Borders UK is facing major challenges. - The Future: When the Editors Hire the Publishers
A look at the next step in the evolution of the Talking Points Memo publishing empire.