Today’s links of interest:
- News on the Radio, Sirens Far Away
Gwenda Bond celebrates the best holiday of the year! Or, is it the two best holidays of the year??? - MediaBay Closes
A case study in how a business can (or can’t) shift from a traditional model to an online model. In this case, MediaBay tried to compete with Audible by, well, ceasing to compete where Audible does not. - Harry Potter and the art of screenwriting
How to take a very long book and turn it into a reasonably short, yet satisfying, movie. - Culture wins one
And a beloved Los Angeles bookstore remains opens. Ditto on the reasons. - The beloved ‘eccentric’ of Other Times Books
A beloved Los Angeles bookstore closes, though not for the usual reasons. - Where do readers fit in? And what do we want from them?
A look at the role of readers/consumers in the world of local newspaper arts coverage. Where are they in recent discussions? - Shelfari Joins Facebook
Now, this is interesting. Popular social networking app for books joins with the upstart in the general social networking game. - The name’s Faulks, Sebastian Faulks … bestselling author writes new James Bond
Maybe it’s us, but is there never a time when leaving well enough alone is, well, leaving well enough alone? - Where Romance Began
A goodbye to Kathleen Woodiwiss whose work changed the publishing industry — and the romance genre.