Today’s links of interest:
- The First Rule: Do Not Pitch Boing Boing
Excellent piece on the importance of knowing what you’re doing before pitching to various blogs and other online outlets. Of course, the gist of this article is surely to be lost in the cackling over the first commenter’s, uh, lack of knowledge and iffy spelling. - Case of the Conflicted Imprint
Lest you think that the the self-publishing dilemma is owned by the Romance Writers of America, here comes a story about the Mystery Writers of America and a potential snag in its definition of "self-published". - How Dictionaries Define Publicity: The Word of the Year
Well, what else? A full-page add in the New York Times? - Writers? Talks Collapse Amid Acrimony
Oh yeah, last week’s optimism? Forget about it. - A hunger for books
Doris Lessing’s acceptance speech for her Nobel Prize. Do not be fooled by the sub-head. It is all about the importance of literacy and access to reading material. - Bertelsmann eyes sale of books business
Direct sales apparently being less profitable than they used to be. - History of the blog
Ha! Not what you think. It’s a nice introduction to a cool new site called "Publishing Frontier". Go forth and read. - New Company Paperspine Aims to Revolutionize Book Reading
Sigh. Another Netflix for books, but no clue that they’re following the basic Netflix model: ongoing compensation for the authors.