Author name: Kassia Krozser

Competing for Eyeballs: Reading in the 21st Century

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There is no doubt we live in a time of change. Last week, I wrote that it’s never good for an industry when its customer base changes faster than the business model. It’s even more dangerous when you assume your product is recession-proof, technology-proof, distraction-proof. I was reminded of this again when I read David Ulin’s Los Angeles Times piece about the difficulty of shutting out the rest of the world and finding the time to engage in deep pleasure reading. He calls it “The lost art of reading”. I call it a shot over the bow.

Square Pegs

The Daily Square – Dead Letter Edition

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Todays links of interest: An Interview with Hugh McGuire of Book Oven on New Generation PublishingThe headline says it all. Go. Read. Editorial Ass: Reasons to Make Your Delivery Date (Or, Please Don’t Be Late, Even Though We Always Are)A lovely post that highlights the importance of turning your manuscript in on time. As if you needed a reminder. Oh wait, some of you might. The Future of BEAAs we lurch toward 2010, so many thoughts about how to improve or streamline or something the behemoth that is BookExpo America 2010.

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The Daily Square – Crosseyed and Painless Edition

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Todays links of interest: In Which I Refute the Claim that Richard Russo Is a MisogynistBethanne Patrick delivers a masterful response to Jennie Yabroff’s review of Richard Russo’s work. Yabroff has garnered many WTF? responses. Has she actually read the author? Murdoch vows to charge for all online contentThe open question, of course, is whether or not people will find said content valuable enough to pay for. Murdoch’s ultimatum to Amazon: Give us Kindle subscriber names or elseHonestly, it’s like a Rupert Murdoch bonanza today!

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On Deadlines

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As belts tighten, publishers are considering the extremely drastic (and ungentlemanly!) action of canceling contracts for late manuscripts. On presumes the photo Dan Brown associated with the article is merely for decoration. (As an aside, the fantastic Mary Beth Lucas, my journalism instructor, put the fear of deadlines into me something good!) “What has happened is that in the cold light of morning, publishers are looking at all these expensive deals they made based on the inflated marketplace, and now the bill is coming due and they don’t want the contracts anymore,” said one top agent, who spoke on the

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Changing Reading Habits, Changing Bookstores, or How Soon is Now?

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If you are a regular reader of Shelf Awareness (and if you’re not, you should be!), you know about the steady drumbeat of bookstores closing. You also know about the rising chorus from booksellers who are changing, adapting, growing, and understanding their place in the larger community. I am really lucky: I have two branches of an independent bookstore within comfortable distance of my house (the venerable Vromans). Sprinkled throughout my neighborhood are specialist bookstores. One is devoted to theology, one is devoted to cookbooks. Once upon a time, we had two stores focused on mystery and crime fiction, they

The Future of Publishing

The Daily Square – From Her Fingers Edition

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Todays links of interest: A fix on anythingBrian O’Leary tackles the difficult topic of change in the publishing industry. Read. Discuss. How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the KindleBob Miller of HarperStudio sees a silver lining after he spent some time reading on the Kindle. Quo Vadis, Amazon?Evan Schnittman on Amazon’s apparent strategy to steer customers to the Kindle store and keep them there. Yes, indeed, why is a company so devoted to choice in other areas trying to force customers into a single choice? Selling Sex in a Recession: EroticaThe fab Gwenda Bond looks at the current

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The Daily Square – Ice Water Edition

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Todays links of interest: Former Firebrand Agents Hangs New ShingleUpstart Crow Literary agency features Michael Stearns (formerly of HC Children’s), Chris Richman, and Danielle Chiotti. Houghton Mifflin to cut 65Very sad news. Condé Nast to Save Magazines by Canceling All Newspapers SubscriptionsYay! Save newspapers. We love it when cost cutting starts with the tiny stuff.

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The Daily Square – Sunday Under Glass Edition

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Todays links of interest: Patti Smith at Book Soup on SaturdayYeah, this is the important stuff! Advance PW Review: Nabokov’s ‘The Original of Laura’Not sure if this makes me sad or very sad. The aspect that deals with the artifact of a writer’s process is fascinating, but act of putting it into the world was contrary to what the author wanted. Publishers Lunch Deluxe: Kindle Krunching: Week 2While it’s still early in the analysis process, we bring you Week 2 of the Publisher’s Lunch analysis of Kindle sales.

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The Daily Square – Funk Pop a Roll Edition

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Todays links of interest: Amazon’s troubling reachDavid Ulin of the Los Angeles Times looks at recent issues involving Amazon and enters the bigger conversation of what this kind of control means. Man Booker 2009 longlistCongratulations to all authors! The Future is Now: Ann Kingman and Michael KindnessGreat interview with two of our favorite people on the planet! Very smart thoughts about talking about books.

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