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Print-on-Demand is a technology waiting for the right moment. It is an esssential component of the Long Tail (talk about your dinner conversation topic!). We believe Amazon’s purchase of BookSurge will lead to lower prices and wider usage. Dan Wickett (have we mentioned him today?) guests over at Conversational Reading, discussing his experiences with POD. […]

We admit it — when we heard that Dan Wickett was hanging out at The Happy Booker’s place, we raced right over, stopping only for red lights and to finish our previous post. We blog safely and in accordance to the rules of the ‘sphere. What did we find? Yes, another in the continuing series […]

We have flirted for nearly a week with the idea of posting about this, well, rather strange commentary on Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book. Part of us felt like, “Yeah, it’s a particularly vitriolic review. So what.” Another part of us questioned the motivation of the reviewer. Foer failed the final — despite the fact […]

Did anyone else greet the news of first-time authors touring the club circuit with trepidation? Authors hitting local lounges? Surely no good could come of that. Next they’d fancy themselves rock musicians. Oh, wait, that already happened. Does nobody understand the importance of pre-assigned roles in this world? Okay, fine, we’ll admit it: we like […]

Sure, a few weeks ago we were excited as heck about Trainman. We do love absurd publishing stories, and the fact that a man could meet the woman of his dreams on a Tokyo train and woo her with help from the denizens of a chatroom captured our short attention. But that was then, this […]

Prolific writers are viewed with distrust. Nobody should be able to produce so many words in so short a time. It isn’t seemly. It probably isn’t healthy. It surely isn’t literary. It’s like a Tom Waits song. “What’s he building in there?” ‘Round about three years ago, we flirted with the idea of becoming prolific. […]

We are, frankly, still reeling from the idea that Culture will soon be coming to Los Angeles. What next, we worry, sculpture gardens and charades? See, right now, one can safely sit in a public place, reading a book. If Culture appears, people might see the book and attempt to make conversation. You know, talk […]

We are cheap and easy and filled with links today, though many of them don’t seem to be landing here. We will work to improve our aim. More press about the Litblog Co-Op. Literary Bloggers Stoke Interest in Books

How, then, are we supposed to find art? Bookstores are shoulder-to-shoulder bestsellers. Television is filled with that Donald man. Movies, well, when we start thinking Foul Play is the best of the season’s crop…. Music? Unless you’re very lucky in your local radio choices, you’re not getting anywhere near the breadth of available tunes. How […]

Far be it for us to gloat. Hmm, that is so untrue we feel the urge to backspace. Urge passed. Allow us to suggest that Rupert Murdoch (or his designated minion) should read our words of wisdom every day. It is mid-2005 (give or take a few months) and he is saying this, now? In […]