Today’s links of interest:
- Okay, Yes I Lied
Don’t you just hate it when you have a favorite blog and the writer breaks her promise to update regularly? We do, too. - MySpace: A Retrospective
In which one man tries to game the MySpace system — with, well, we would say mixed success, but possibly that is too much of a kindness. - It’s not what you’re like, it’s what you like
Breaking: you can’t determine intelligence by what a person reads. Next up: smart people read dumb books. It happens. - Can You Buy Your Way onto the Front Table at Barnes & Noble?
A sordid subject made clear and concise. - Book sales get a lift from Google scan plan
Yeah, guess what? Virtual browsing leads to real-life buy buying. And still the publishers are convinced they have a better plan. We wait, we wait, we wait… - Think before you sign & do it!
In which the delightful Eoin Purcell discusses the importance of thinking before signing (we originally typed that as "singing", which also requires forethought). If you’re entering into a publishing contract, uh, meet the terms. It’s a legal deal, you kn - A little too Austen-tatious
Sam the copywriter rails against the snobbish. We like it very much. Also, we like the Austen cover being depicted…does that get us kicked out of the club?
Also, we like the Austen cover being depicted…does that get us kicked out of the club?
I rather like that cover, too. It sure beats the hilariously amateurish portrait of Jane by her sister Cassandra, which we’re subjected to every time we pick up a book by or about Jane Austen.
Great minds and all that…
Plus the old school portraits are getting rather dull, you know?