Today’s links of interest:
- Unions Seek Higher Residuals for New Media
See, it’s not a commercial exploitation, it’s promotion. The studios and the workers square off in the battle for higher residuals. - ‘If you want to find true happiness, just fake it’
Fay Weldon says fake the orgasm, girls. She’s getting some flack for that advice. - Olbermann’s Book Soars On Amazon.com
How to increase pre-orders without really trying. - Unbridled Books Podcasts
They’ve debuted. First up, Kay Bonetti Callison interviewing Lise Haines, author of the about-to-be-released novel and last sizzling summer read, "small acts of sex and electricity" - Devil in the detail: Vatican exorcises Harry Potter
In which the Vatican becomes the poster child for dotty old men. Seriously, dude, it’s a book. - Village Voice Dismisses 8, Including Senior Arts Editors
Yes, it’s true, it will no longer be your mother’s Village Voice. After all, centralized arts coverage is *exactly* the sort of thing that draws in new readers. - Author faces jail for saying hero dressed as woman
Thousands of years of human civilization and we’re still at this point. - Lord Voldemort Is Favourite Literary Villain
Well, now that that’s been settled…