Today’s links of interest:
- Borders(R) Creates In-store and Online Book Club to Nurture Discussion of the Written Word
Borders extends its book clubs to the real world. Also, company’s fascination with snacks continues. - German Google Book Killer VTO (Continued)
Ah, when novices enter the world of DRM, they make mistakes. In Germany, one individual easily bypasses security (by using a password from a PowerPoint presentation) and downloads entire works. Imagine what could happen if he’d decided to exert a little energy. - New generation of teenagers prepare to be seduced with rebirth of Austen
Second in a series heralding the year of Jane Austen. Once you accept that it’s going to be all Jane, all the time, you will rest easy. - China fakes take toll on US movie, publishing, medicine industries
Money quote from Dan Glickman: "Regrettably, to coin a phrase, if you did not see a counterfeit DVD, you were not in China." - Author, author! Ten times over
Another top ten list of all-time greatest books. Never fear: you will be disappointed. - Dear Dan Brown, All Eyes Are on You
An exploration of, well, the formula. Or perhaps the book business’s penchant for replicating success to the point of overkill. - The Ecstasy of Influence
Jonathan Lethem riffs on the beauty of stealing from the great artists who have come before — you absorb, you process, you make it something new. A lovely way to waste a Friday afternoon. - Green Press Initiative
Saving the world, one book at a time. The future of publishing from an environmental perspective. - Riverdeep auditor, Ernst & Young resigns
Though Riverdeep insists the issue was "immaterial" — because, yeah, big firms often cut prime accounts loose over immaterial matters. - Death Propels Anna Nicole Smith Biography From Backlist
[The publisher] added hastily: “We didn?t kill her or anything.”