Todays links of interest:
- The Million-Dollar Sure Thing
In which Pat Holt is in a bad mood. - Who cares about publishers’ imprints? (Answer: the publishers!)
Hmm. - The True Cost of Amazon’s New Kindle
Look, you knew someone would do it: break down the Kindle and price out its components. - ePub at the London Book Fair
Videos via Teleread from the London Book Fair. - In U.K., Sony E-Reader Says Bring It On, Kindle
Oh Sony, couldn’t you have chosen more auspicious phrase? Though you’re right, competition is good. Would like to see you do similar coming out swinging routine here in the U.S. - QA: Writer Andrew Keen
While we do not wholly agree with Andrew Keen’s take on Web 2.0 technologies and uses, we applaud many of points he makes in this article. - Dan Brown faces the pleasures, and perils, of fame
With the (apparent) future of publishing riding on the shoulders of Dan Brown, it’s helpful to remember that so much of the pressure put on authors comes from outside sources. - Big Rollout for DNL Laptop-format e-Books
Yay! Another competing format to confuse and astound readers. - Gompertz Named to New Digital Role at Simon Schuster
Nice to see that sales are growing faster than expected. Congratulations to Mark Gompertz. - Sony Claims EPUB Is ‘Format of Choice’ for UK E-Books
(and for US ebooks? Can we get consensus?)