Todays links of interest:
- First Self-Publishing Book Expo Planned
Ah, the red-headed stepchild of publishing is revealing itself to be a different kind of publishing force. This is a great step forward. - Amazonfail: A straight white male publisher on glitches and ham-fisted errors
Richard Nash takes a different approach with Amazonfail: yes things happen, but why do they always seem to happen to one group? Nicely done. - The Failure of #amazonfail
Clay Shirky takes a look at the initial response to Amazonfail (including his own) and how some of the failure falls on the shoulders of participants. Thoughtful. His points about the real culprits mirror ours, but he cuts Amazon a bit too much slack. Lack of response, lack of coherent, cohesive response, lack of control from Amazon have to be considered. - Amazonfail and issues management: how not to deal with social media crises
Another great look at the lack of crisis management and how it impacted Amazon. - An Internet Movie Database, for Books
No really, is there anything the Internets can’t do? - Gajah International Ebook Reader
An interesting device, via our correspondent in Hong Kong.