Today’s links of interest:
- Foxy Brown?s Lawyer Hits Back At Book Lawsuit
Color us bemused at the silliness here. First, you’re giving advances to unproven authors with unwritten books. Second, you’re wondering why you’re not getting what you paid for. Third, no lessons will be learned. Never are. - A bookmark for the iPod
File Under: Useful Tips. Trust us, this is good stuff. - Authors resist new Random contracts
The definition of out-of-print is changing in this modern world. Of course, if we were to give advice to agents and authors, we’d be all about putting firm time limits on distribution terms rather than relying on the touchy-feely nature of OOP. - Salman Rushdie locked in cupboard while fatwa police protection team went to pub
What? With a headline like that how can you resist clicking through? - I Have Read The Future
Two contrasting looks at e-readers. It’s not either/or, it’s what works for you. - Literacy Debate – Online, R U Really Reading?
Still feeling that certain sense of frustration at these stories about teenagers and reading because they seem to miss the point. - High culture meets low culture in a mass-media world
More thoughts on today’s topic — the melding of various high brow and low brow cultures.
Rushdie? Arrogant? Gosh. 🙂