Today’s links of interest:
- Interview with Yannick Murphy
And the fun keeps coming. Dan Wickett has interviewed Yannick Murphy. - It’s bookstore looks with library prices
Look, across the street! It’s a bookstore, it’s a library, it’s…the library of the future. - Why Is This Man Not Smiling?
Continuing coverage of the NYTBR best books debacle. Now with brownies. - The Written Nerd: Comment: Blogs, Books, and Anti-Indie Backlash
A look at the rather bizarre BEA 2006 blogging panel (so bizarre, we can’t even being to wrap our little mind around it) and the state of independent bookstores. - Berkeley not ready to give up on Cody’s
Don’t cry for Cody’s just yet. Can the creative community of Berkley save the bookstore? Well, we have a suggestion: look at Powell’s, grasshopper, look at Powell’s. - A legacy for writers: help to pay the bills
A little extra cash for writers? We can totally get behind that. - Guy Lit ? Whatever
Guy Lit is making a comeback…with a whole new name. We told you that calling it "lad" lit was a problem. Expect more slacker male characters in the next year than you can count. - Products placed in television plots are here to stay
Writers want more control as product placement replaces traditional hefty license fees as a source of cash. - Critics on The Da Vinci Code
As it turns out, the general public doesn’t listen to critics. Sometimes. Mostly. More often than you’d think. So why do we review? Uh, ’cause we’re highly opinionated. - NBF Launches Reading Program
While we are always enthusiastic about novel ways to encourage reading, this one had us raising at least one eyebrow… - Reed Expands Quills Partners
As we have all learned, the Quills awards were not a once in a lifetime event. NBC is adding promotion muscle via MSNBC and will be syndicating the show. Okay, so the syndication thing won’t be huge bucks, but every little bit helps, no? - Bezos: DVDs key to Amazon.com business
On demand technology has reached the point that rapid delivery to the customer is possible. Amazon sees this invisible-to-the-consumer production as a key to profitability.