Today’s links of interest:
- The price cut that isn’t: "Cheaper" iPhone, pricier data plan
Oh yeah, new iPhone announced today. - Shrinking Books, Shrinking Fair Use
Peter Brantley contemplates the impact of micro-content on fair use and libraries. Hadn’t considered this angel before. - Tiger Publications Goes Out of Business
Health problems, apparent lawsuit — and now there are authors who are in limbo due to not-so-hot business planning. - Taking a Shining to the Economist: Apocalypse Soonish?
Jeff Gomez considers ebooks and economics and maybe that The Economist didn’t connect all the dots in a recent article on the future of publishing. - Amazon Accused Of Squeezing Publisher
Amazon: hey, the Wal-Mart business model works for us. - Watch This Book
The Wall Street Journal looks at the, uh, new book trailer phenomenon, and finds some of the same problems we’ve noted time and again.