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Today’s links of interest:

• Buy O’Reilly Books by the Chapter
  Ah, the future’s so bright…we’ll have more on this cool move into the future soon!
• Benefits Dept.: Lights-out
  Workman Publishing touts napping as a job benefit. Finally, a business plan we can get behind.
• To BEA or Not to BEA?
  BEA: still not the place to shop your manuscript. There are better ways to get your work in front of agents and editors. Trust us on this.
• Book boys are the new … poolside waiters
  Don’t expect much posting from us this summer…we’re thinking of spending our days on a beach in Greece. Hello cabana boys!
• The hidden price of a Christmas bestseller
  Call it pay to play. Another in the British press’s continuing coverage of just how much it costs to get a book prominently displayed in a bookstore. And the publishing industry, by coughing up the bucks, wonders why more books don’t get the attention they deserve (and authors wonder why they don’t make any money).
• Literary world applauds Rushdie knighthood
  Needless to say, this accomplishment has not been greeted with accolades in all corners of the world.
• So go ahead and sue me: Just liking books is fine
  In praise of the casual reader.