Today’s links of interest:
- Chick Lit: Written by Party-Girls, not MFAs
Ron Hogan goes ballistic…just like we would if he hadn’t done the heavy lifting for us. - When Strange Things are Afoot at the Circle K…
How to handle a case of suspected copying. Without, well, turning it into World War 17. - Google, UC disclose book-scan terms
For those of you who love reading contracts (and you know who you are!), this one’s for you! - Lip service to literacy fails to help
"Americans are both fat and illiterate." Seriously, best lead we’ve read in weeks. Maybe months. - Scholar: Iliad, Odyssey Penned by Woman
Please, if this is not true, do not burst our little bubble. - Hyperion Starts Imprint to Help Women Whittle the Book Choices
Hmm, Harlequin is rumored to be closing lines aimed at older female audiences, other publishers are stepping into the void. What gives here? - Patent Fight in Online Academia
Reason number nine why the US Patent Office needs to be reformed. Also, reasons number 11 and 12.
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Wait a minute. What lines aimed at older women are the closing? I must be out of the loop on that one.
Rumor on the ‘Nets suggests that a serious look is being taken at the Next line.
HK — thanks so much for making it clear that it wasn’t me messing with your calmness and happiness. This time. I am very proud of myself for resisting the urge to go ballistic. Yoga…
After following those links, reading those articles and going a tad nuts, I may need to re-think my No Yoga policy. I’m starting to wonder if that was your evil plan all along…
Which would be another marketing problem leading to the demise of a line. (sigh) Because the bookstore owners were never sure where to shelve the line. With the category books? Or would they have better luck putting them in the regular fiction part of the store?
I’m hoping that the reevaluation of Next turns out to be like the reevaluation of American, and they can “fix” it, because I think there’s a need for those kinds of stories.
Yes evil plan. Yoga good.
I hope they can fix Next, but something tells me that it’s time to rethink a lot of things at Harlequin. Like, oh, the concept of line all together. But you know me, always wanting more. And more.
Funny. I thought the official BS position was “Yoga good, boxing better”.
Okay, I’ve heard that Next is cutting back to 2 books per month.
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